Education & Training

The Department of Social Protection has taken over responsibility from FAS for Community employment services and programmes. It also administers the Intreo Service which is a single point of contact for all employment and income supports.

For more information on Department of Social Protection services and supports, contact one of the local offices.

The Ability Programme is a service supporting young adults with physical disabilities between the ages of 18-29 who would like to move closer to the labour market in whatever way that may mean for them e.g.

NEPS provides psychological services in public and private primary and post-primary schools and in related educational centres. NEPS is a service of the Department of Education and Skills and aims to support the personal, social and educational development of all children through the application of psychological theory and practice in education.

Executive Librarian: Anne Griffin

Contacts & Services : http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Library/LibraryOpeningHoursandContacts/NewRossLibrary/

The Roma Education Project is funded by teh department of Justice and Equality and its focus is to help Roma young people to remain in education and to make the transition from primary to secondary education.  This is a pilot project and one of four national pilot sites.

STAR is a new two year pilot project running in the Enniscorthy / Bunclody area.  The "National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021" (TTRIS) has been rebranded locally as the STAR Project.

The School Completion Programme was introduced in 2002. There are currently five such programmes operational in Co. Wexford. The School Completion Programme focuses on young people aged between 4 and 18 years. The programme forms part of the Dept. of Education & Skills Social Inclusion Strategy (DEIS) to help children and young people who are at risk of or who are experiencing educational disadvantage.

Both VTOS and Youthreach are targeted labour market interventions to bring early school leavers and the unemployed up to the stage of being work-ready.

VTOS is funded to provide accredited training for unemployed, lone parents and a small number of other DSP categories.

Age Group 21+ years

Senior Executive Librarian: Sinead O'Gorman

Contacts & Services: http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Library/LibraryOpeningHoursandContacts/WexfordTownLibrary/