DWP Recruiting Again - 2012

drwho2011

mazza1985 wrote: »

If they are expecting Bristol to get a CRB check back in 4 weeks they will be highly dissapointed. My last enhanced CRB took 16 weeks and the last normal one I had done took 9 weeks. Its now taking the organisation I work for 6 months to recruit someone......

They will do a basic check and turnaround is 10 days maximum (under normal circumstances).

players1987

SpiralGalaxy wrote: »

So those of us who applied for posts in Birmingham will be waiting until at least the 11th to hear anything?

possibly a week after that, hey have 1600 applications to sift and only 63 positions

players1987

chips1959 wrote: »

If it has really taken this long to schedule a meeting to decide on the pass mark for the test and the sift isn't scheduled to start for another ten days, then this is going to be a very, very long process!

The April start dates are suddenly looking a little optimistic!

this is typical DWP behaviour, they will promise all the training in the world but in the actual fact they make you do the "keeping safe course" which is mandatory before they let you "loose" on customers for the first few months new joiner will find it very difficult to adapt to the working styles of the DWP

scooterchick

players1987 wrote: »

this is typical DWP behaviour, they will promise all the training in the world but in the actual fact they make you do the "keeping safe course" which is mandatory before they let you "loose" on customers for the first few months new joiner will find it very difficult to adapt to the working styles of the DWP

Do you speak from experience or observations? It all depends on the background of 'new joiner'. Equally someone moving from a large, structured organisation might find it difficult to adapt to the working practises of a small firm. However you can't make sweeping statements like that, I had no problem adapting (adapting to what I'm not quite sure), neither did any of my colleagues who joined DWP at the same time I did.

Esoog

thunderb0lt wrote: »

They don't require a CRB check but a basic Disclosure Scotland check which takes only a few weeks opposed to months.

Do you mean just whilst they process your application?

Because the job vacancy said ;

Security
Basic check
Criminal Records Bureau Check
This post requires a Criminal Records Bureau Check

Unless that was specific to certain areas?

Xena_007

How do you know they only have 1600 applications in birmingham?

mazza1985

drwho2011 wrote: »

They will do a basic check and turnaround is 10 days maximum (under normal circumstances).

In theory. However this is not the case with Avon and Somerset Police.

mazza1985

thunderb0lt wrote: »

They don't require a CRB check but a basic Disclosure Scotland check which takes only a few weeks opposed to months.

I think you are speaking about Scotland. I was referring to Bristol.

AOboy

mazza1985 wrote: »

I think you are speaking about Scotland. I was referring to Bristol.

All checks go through Disclosure Scotland no matter where you are based.

players1987

scooterchick wrote: »

Do you speak from experience or observations? It all depends on the background of 'new joiner'. Equally someone moving from a large, structured organisation might find it difficult to adapt to the working practises of a small firm. However you can't make sweeping statements like that, I had no problem adapting (adapting to what I'm not quite sure), neither did any of my colleagues who joined DWP at the same time I did.

speaking from experiance, as I have trained staff for under a week only to be told by management that they ok to advise customers as they have done the keeping safe course and have there telephone license from BT. I my self had only 1 week training. it's quite common practice in the larger districts such bham & solihull