Work Placement Experience Programme Application Form (WPEP1)

• Published date: 12 July 2021
• Issuer: Department of Social Protection

What is needed to complete this application form?

This form must be completed jointly by the employer (WPEP Host Organisation) and the jobseeker

(WPEP Participant).

The Participant will need their Personal Public Service (PPS) Number and

an email address. The Host Organisation will need its Tax Reference Number, WPEP vacancy

reference number and an email address.

How to complete this application form?

• Use the following sample page as a guide to lling in this form.

• Use black ballpoint pen. Use BLOCK LETTERS and place an X in the relevant boxes.

• The Participant should ll in questions 1 to 7 and sign the declaration in Part 2.

• The Host Organisation should ll in questions 8 to 16, sign the declaration in Part 4 and

complete the checklist in Part 5.

How to apply?

The Host Organisation must scan this completed joint application form and email it to the Work

Placement Unit at wpep@welfare.ie. If you need any help to complete this form, please contact

your local Intreo Centre or the Work Placement Unit. For more information visit www.gov.ie/wpep

Joint application form for

Work Placement Experience

Programme (WPEP)

WPEP 1

Social Welfare Services

Data Classification R

What is the Work Placement Experience Programme?

The Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP) is a work placement experience programme

for those out of work for at least six months with the costs being fully funded by the State. It aims

to provide Participants with work experience and to develop new skills, through training and

learning. Work will take place within a supportive environment with a view to increasing Participants

experience, skills and employment prospects.

How to qualify?

To qualify, a Participant must be in receipt of one of the following payments for at least six months

(156 days):

• Jobseeker’s Allowance;

• Jobseeker’s Benet;

• Jobseeker’s Benet for the Self-Employed;

• Jobseeker’s Transition Payment;

• Disability Allowance;

• One-Parent Family Payment;

• Blind Pension; or

• Farm Assist.

Periods spent in receipt of specic payments or participating on certain programmes may be

counted towards the qualifying period provided the Participant is eligible to transfer to a jobseekers

payment. These payments and programmes include:

• Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP);

• Back to Education Allowance;

• Supplementary Welfare Allowance;

• Tús or the Rural Social Scheme (RSS);

• Education Training Board (ETB) or Vocational

Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)

training courses; or

• Youthreach or Community Employment (CE)

programmes.

To qualify, a Host Organisation must be an employer in the private, public, civil service or in the

community and voluntary sectors registered with the O󰀩ce of the Revenue Commissioners and

operating in Ireland. All WPEP vacancies must be advertised on JobsIreland.ie. This advertisment

provides the WPEP vacancy reference number.