Is it really compulsory to go on the Work Programme

LadyMissA

duchy wrote: »

Do you know what participate means ?

Let me think..................yes?!

Truegho

Is there anybody here on Merseyside who is attending this Work Programme? If so, how many times a week, and for how long, do you have to attend? And where is it held?

SLAYFIELD1

Notmyrealname wrote: »

According to stats there's a 20% success rate so why wouldn't you want to be on it?

.... Because that means that there is an 80% failure rate?
It's a complete and utter waste of time just as all the previous incarnations of it have been.

2.6 Million unemployed and not enough vacancies for even half of that figure. People can't get jobs if the jobs don't exist in the first place.

simson3325

SLAYFIELD1 wrote: »

.... Because that means that there is an 80% failure rate?
It's a complete and utter waste of time just as all the previous incarnations of it have been.

2.6 Million unemployed and not enough vacancies for even half of that figure. People can't get jobs if the jobs don't exist in the first place.

this +
totally agree

SLAYFIELD1

Truegho wrote: »

Is there anybody here on Merseyside who is attending this Work Programme? If so, how many times a week, and for how long, do you have to attend? And where is it held?

.... One would assume that in an area as large as Merseyside there would be numerous different "Providers". Try having a Google search (*other search engines available) for the work programme in your particular locality.

LadyMissA

SLAYFIELD1 wrote: »

.... Because that means that there is an 80% failure rate?
It's a complete and utter waste of time just as all the previous incarnations of it have been.

2.6 Million unemployed and not enough vacancies for even half of that figure. People can't get jobs if the jobs don't exist in the first place.

Even if there was 2.6 million positions out there , there is nothing to say all of these positions will just be filled by people already working therefore just creating a domino effect

falko89

SLAYFIELD1 wrote: »

.... Because that means that there is an 80% failure rate?
It's a complete and utter waste of time just as all the previous incarnations of it have been.

2.6 Million unemployed and not enough vacancies for even half of that figure. People can't get jobs if the jobs don't exist in the first place.

Well they have to be seen to be doing something even if it isn't working.

rhcp

falko89 wrote: »

I think I read we are not going to find out how successful this program is until the Autumn when the figures are released.

But that won't tell you how many people got a job BECAUSE OF the work programme. It will just tell you how many people on the work programme got jobs. For a training provider to get up to £14,000 for providing no help whatsoever as the person would have got the job anyway through their own means seems to me to be a total waste of public money.

Lith

duchy wrote: »

No it's not compulsory -but you will get your JSA stopped if you choose not to participate .

lol, that doesn't make sense

if it's not compulsory then its your right not to go on it... BUT.. if you don't go on it you get your JSA stopped?
(so therefore it must be compulsory)


such an amazing system we have.

Evilm

Its compulsory... as long as you still want to be getting paid jobseekers. So, no, thats not compulsory as such. If you sign off they aren't going to chase you down and make you go on to it.