Jobcentre "work placement" begins March. Help?

jabanico

My personal adviser has told me that in March I will be put on the scheme "work placement" for 2 years.

I have read bad things about this and am thinking about signing off for a few days then gettng a rapid reclaim. Will this make my time at the jobcentre go back to day 1? Or will my previous claim continue?

Can I have feedback from anyone already on the Work Placement programme? Is it useful or is it just another jobcentre nightmare?

The_ICT_Engineer

You need to sign off for two years before your claim is reset. Otherwise you go straight back to the work program.

DCFC79

If you dont go on the work programme what else would you do ?
Why not give it a try, what you got to loose.

Cant comment about the WP but there are threads on here about them.

jabanico

The_ICT_Engineer wrote: »

You need to sign off for two years before your claim is reset. Otherwise you go straight back to the work program.

I signed off for about 5 months and it got put back to the beginning while I had a p/t job.

jabanico

DCFC79 wrote: »

If you dont go on the work programme what else would you do ?
Why not give it a try, what you got to loose.

die? lol

DCFC79

jabanico wrote: »

die? lol

Thats a bit extreme,

jabanico

DCFC79 wrote: »

Thats a bit extreme,

What would you suggest?

DCFC79

jabanico wrote: »

What would you suggest?

step up your search for a job
go freelance/self employed

Ive no idea what the WP is like but it could be useful, you could learn something new.

jabanico

DCFC79 wrote: »

step up your search for a job
go freelance/self employed

Ive no idea what the WP is like but it could be useful, you could learn something new.

Thanks, I like you.

DCFC79

If it was me on the WP id either take any job or id accept agency work.

DCFC79

jabanico wrote: »

Thanks, I like you.

We obviously dont know how your search for a job has gone, how many applications you make a week ?