After the Work Programme

AP007

kizzie_nikita wrote: »

So, an update.

I got told my job center have changed their mind and the work experience is no longer mandatory BUT if you do not choose the 25/30 hour a week work experience, then you will have to do a daily sign on.. which consists of walking into the job center, signing the sheet and leaving.. alongside seeing the adviser once a week, obviously.

Work Experience? After the work programme? What work experience? It never was mandatory, was it? Not in all JC

red_devil

After finishing the wp i have today received a letter. It says action to help you find work jobseekers direction. I have to attend thursday morning. Is this an appt for just me or is it a group appt. Any feedback, how long will it last

snake_1

Daedalus Why are you on this guys back, He has obviously trained to be in accounts. Why should he have wasted all his time studying to become a security bod, which he needs a licence for which I bet he doesn't have or a cleaner
IT IS THE GOVERNMENTS DUTY TO ITS CITIZENS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT
Especially those who have paid their taxes
And as for Job Centre so called advisors they should advise their clients as to what they are entitled too
Why do they bother having a customers charter?

red_devil

Can we keep the thread on topic please. Im looking for feedback on the first meeting after finishing wp.

snake_1

So busy mom did you used to work for JCP? Because you seem very defensive of them
Let me just as quick as I can relate my situation + exp of JC+
I have had a small bus set up for the last 3 years and they have lied through their teeth over the last 3 years and have prevented me from applyimg for a grant which I was entitled to which in turn has prevented me from being qualified to becomee a professional tour guide.
Also they stopped me from doing vol work, by changing my signing on day, yet when I asked on 2 ocassions I was tols 2 different stories
So you have someone like me trying to work + get off benefits (£117 per 2 weeks) yet at every turn I make to do something about it they obstuct me
So busy mom what about that then? What do you think?

AP007

red_devil wrote: »

Can we keep the thread on topic please. Im looking for feedback on the first meeting after finishing wp.

What feedback are you after? I have told everyone what I am doing and its nothing different to before and on the WP

red_devil

I wanted to know what the sessiom wss like i mentiomef is it a group one.

darrensurrey

kizzie_nikita wrote: »

you will have to do a daily sign on.. which consists of walking into the job center, signing the sheet and leaving.

My instant thought is: What the hell does this achieve?

I suppose it tenuously means the person has some consistency they will be "trained" to get used to?

It might cost them to travel to the centre. It will eat into their job search time as there don't seem to be that many decent opps on their computer system compared to Totaljobs, Indeed, Gumtree, etc.

AP007

red_devil wrote: »

I wanted to know what the sessiom wss like i mentiomef is it a group one.

I have only had a session where Learn Direct come and tell you its good I you have level 1 & 2 Maths and English!! As if we left school with no O or A Levels!!!

jayne30

red_devil wrote: »

After finishing the wp i have today received a letter. It says action to help you find work jobseekers direction. I have to attend thursday morning. Is this an appt for just me or is it a group appt. Any feedback, how long will it last

My experience of 1st appontment after WP is on page before this one.

Mine was a one to one advisor appointment lasted about 30 mins. And an update to my job seekers agreement and a direction to register with UJM.

Can't really advise what will happen to you now as each job centre seems to be different.

Some people are doing daily signings or weekly appointments or some don't have regular meetings with an advisor. Some are being sent on courses some are being left alone.

From what my job centre told me my six months involve a 2 week employability course, weekly advisor appointments not always the day you sign so be 2 JCP visits them weeks. Then after about 3 months of this its a daily visit to see advisor and sign.

One size fits all seems to be my job centres attitude as per usual.