Jobcare Company

Name

Jobcare Company

Legal name

Jobcare Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG)

Website

https://jobcare.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Support Services

NAICS

Employment Services (5613), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Job Readiness Support Services (BPAGAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL), Supported Employment & Job Coaching (EDAKANAE), Workforce & Career Transition Noncredit Programs (EDAAAEAC)

Keywords

• Employment support services
• Job search training
• Work readiness programs
• Community employment placements
• Digital skills training

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grant Funding: As a registered charity (CHY 11301, Charity No. 20030643), Jobcare operates primarily through donations, grant funding from organizations including Empower Tech Futures Fund, Mná na hÉireann Fund, The Centre for Public Impact, and corporate supporter contributions. All services to jobseekers are provided free of charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Jobcare provides free employment training, upskilling, career support, and community work experience for unemployed people seeking appropriate work. Its offerings combine in-person and online courses with digital and AI skills, job-search support, certification pathways, and community employment placements, including specialized support for people with criminal convictions.

Product overview

Jobcare is a Dublin-based employment support charity offering a portfolio of training programmes and work placement services for unemployed individuals. The core offering consists of classroom and online courses (Jobseekers Course, Jobnet Programme, Career Launch Programme, AI Training) combined with practical work experience through Work Programmes including the community employment scheme and the award-winning Trasna programme for ex-offenders. Supplementary services include Kickstart weekly meet-ups, one-to-one support, and a TalentLMS-based Learning Hub. The programmes integrate certification pathways including Zendesk Omnichannel Agent certification and Google AI Essentials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Trasna: Work programme providing valuable work experience and training for people with a criminal conviction or who have spent time in prison.

Products and services

• Work Programmes Community Employment programme providing unemployed people with transitional work opportunities, accredited training, support, and experience across administrative, catering, cleaning, client support, IT, and general operative roles.
• Jobseekers Course Free 12-session course available in person or online that equips jobseekers with job-search, digital, and related skills, knowledge, and confidence to secure suitable work.
• Jobnet Programme Award-winning programme for unemployed professionals and graduates that provides career skills, clarity, and confidence through guest speakers, small groups, weekly plans, CV advice, and mock interviews.
• Career Launch Programme Programme for unemployed people aged 18-30 that combines job-seeking skills, digital upskilling, AI Essentials training, and Zendesk certification for customer-support and technology-sector sales roles.
• AI Training Free three-week AI skills course based on Google's AI Essentials course, available online and in person to jobseekers and culminating in certification.
• Customer Support and Zendesk Stand-alone practical customer-support training covering soft skills, Zendesk CRM experience, email and phone etiquette, and preparation for Zendesk Omnichannel Agent certification.
• Kickstart Seven-week weekly meet-up programme for Jobseekers Course and Jobnet graduates that combines structured sessions, weekly plans, a private Slack channel, and coaching to sustain job-search motivation.
• Trasna Award-winning community employment programme providing work experience and training for people with criminal convictions or who have spent time in prison.
• One-to-One Support (CV/Resource Room) Appointment-based one-to-one job-search support providing CV review, computer access, and other resources through Jobcare's Resource Room.
• Learning Hub TalentLMS-based online learning service that gives Jobcare programme participants access to course materials and employment-training resources.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Intreo (National Employment Service)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntreo is Jobcare's government employment service partner, providing funding for Community Employment programmes and referring jobseekers to Jobcare services.
• GooglecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGoogle provides funding through the AI Opportunity Fund and delivers the AI Essentials Course via Coursera. Acts as Career Launch Programme partner for digital skills training.
• ZendeskcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership provides certification training for customer support and sales roles. Jobcare participants receive free access to Zendesk certification and visit Zendesk HQ as part of the Career Launch Programme.
• LinkedInminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvides LinkedIn Profile Advice to jobseekers as part of career support services.
• QuadmarkminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTraining provider engaged to deliver AI training programmes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EmployAbility Service Ireland: Irish state-funded employment service for people with disabilities and barriers to work — overlapping target segment (barriers to employment) and supported employment coaching model comparable to Jobcare's Trasna and supported employment work.
• Turas Nua: An Irish employment services organisation delivering activation and training programmes for unemployed jobseekers, directly comparable in mission, customer segment, and delivery model to Jobcare.
• Local Employment Services (LES) Ireland: Network of Irish community-based employment services providing jobseeker support, training, and placement assistance — same target population and operating model as Jobcare.

Broad incumbents

• Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI): Irish non-profit mobilising corporate support for social inclusion, employment readiness, and education programmes — similar corporate-partnership-led model and disadvantaged-jobseeker focus.
• Rehab Group: Large Irish non-profit delivering training, education, and employability services for people with disabilities and barriers to work — broader portfolio but overlapping mission and customer base with Jobcare.

Regional players

• Springboard+: Irish Government initiative providing free upskilling and reskilling courses (including digital/AI) to jobseekers — directly overlapping on the upskilling-for-employment value proposition, though delivered at scale nationally.
• Seetec: UK-based employment services and training provider delivering government-contracted welfare-to-work programmes — highly comparable operating model but operating in the UK rather than Ireland.

Emerging players

• Peter McVerry Trust: Dublin-based NGO working with people affected by homelessness, addiction, and criminal convictions — comparable in target population (including ex-offenders via Trasna) and Dublin inner-city focus.
• Focus Ireland: Irish NGO addressing homelessness and disadvantage with employment-readiness components — adjacent mission and similar disadvantaged-population focus, with partial overlap in employment support services.

Others

• INOU (Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed): National representative body advocating for unemployed people in Ireland with information and support services — adjacent to Jobcare's mission and overlapping customer base, though focused on advocacy rather than direct service delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@JobcareIreland
• Facebookfacebook.com/jobcareireland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jobcare
• Instagraminstagram.com/jobcareireland
• Xx.com/JobcareDublin

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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