Teachers warned off taking JobBridge positions

The country’s largest teaching union has described JobBridge as “exploitative” and urged teachers who are looking for work not to do so under the Government’s work placement scheme.

JobBridge has already been the subject of significant controversy this week after it emerged it was being used to hire a clinical psychologist to work in mental health services in Waterford.

It was also confirmed that the Government is to carry out an external review of JobBridge to look into alleged abuse of the system and whether the economic recovery renders it obsolete.