.Karen Kelliher Eilish Harrington and Ursula McKenzie at the opening of the new Employability Service Kerry offices at Rock Street on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE new headquarters for Employability Service Kerry was officially opened yesterday by Minister Of State For Disability, Mr Finian McGrath.
Located in Rock Street (next to Horan’s Fruit and Veg), the service works with jobseekers who have a disability and want to find full-time or part-time employment. They also provide an employment service for the Travelling Community.
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Last year saw 40 people with a disability gain employment with the help of the service, while over 1,475 Kerry people have used the one to one service from the job coaches over the past 13 years, with many securing work.
They have seven job coaches covering the whole county supporting jobseekers, employees and employers.
Minister McGrath praised the work of the service and said more must be done to get a greater number of people with disabilities into employment. He said he was aiming to have 6% of the workforce consisting of people with a disability over the next three years.
The offices are open from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday and can be reached on 066-7118758. Scroll down for photos…
Minister Finian McGrath (second right) with, from left; Kieran Diamond of Dept of Social Protection; Miriam Ryan, Manager Employability Service Kerry, Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Terry O’Brien and Denis O’Shea, Chairperson Employability Service Kerry, at the official opening of the Rock Street offices on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Marie O’Flynn, Ciaran Barry and Breda Nelligan at the opening of the new Employability Service Kerry offices at Rock Street on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot CreanDeputy Brendan Griffin, Michael McCarty, Kerry Travellers; Brigid Quilligan, Kerry Traveller Health Community Development Project and Mark Charlton of Tralee Community Training Centre at the opening of the new Employability Service Kerry offices at Rock Street on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Mark Woods and Martin Hannafin at the opening of the new Employability Service Kerry offices at Rock Street on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean
