The aim of CE Scheme is to enhance the employability and mobility of disadvantaged and unemployed persons by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities. In addition, it helps long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine. CE projects are typically sponsored by groups wishing to benefit the local community, namely voluntary and community organisations. Projects provide a valuable service to local communities while at the same time providing training and educational opportunities to jobseekers.

Participants on a Community Employment Scheme work 19.5 hours per week or 39 hours per fortnight. Participants will also receive training during their time on the CE scheme to help improve their ability to get a job when the scheme is over. All participants will have an individual learning plan developed where training is identified.”