DWP: Job Coach interview?

RedfordML

Afternoon all,


Anyone been through this process within the last 12-18 months?


Is it a 1-1 interview or are there scenarios and role plays involved?


Thanks for reading?

SkimmySim

RedfordML wrote: »

Afternoon all,


Anyone been through this process within the last 12-18 months?


Is it a 1-1 interview or are there scenarios and role plays involved?


Thanks for reading?

I did it in october... its your competencies, usually four of them from the job advert in front of 2 people.

Good luck!!

RedfordML

Thank you! I don't suppose you remember the time scales involved between each stage?

ilikewatch

You're looking at a maximum of 45 minutes for the whole thing - 5 minutes to "settle you in" then up to 10 mins for each of the 4 competencies.

SkimmySim

RedfordML wrote: »

Thank you! I don't suppose you remember the time scales involved between each stage?

The job closed in july, booked interview in august, had interview in sept and got result october.

iammumtoone

Just out of interested OP are you currently unemployed?

When I was out of work I saw a by a job coach in training, I was wanting to ask how they got the job and if the DWP were really helping people back into employment (ie giving them a job)

Good luck with your interview

Bogalot

iammumtoone wrote: »

Just out of interested OP are you currently unemployed?

When I was out of work I saw a by a job coach in training, I was wanting to ask how they got the job and if the DWP were really helping people back into employment (ie giving them a job)

Good luck with your interview

Your application is assessed blind, your current employment status does not have a bearing on it.

iammumtoone

Bogalot wrote: »

Your application is assessed blind, your current employment status does not have a bearing on it.

So all your employment history is submitted without dates, therefore no way to tell if applicant is still employed in last post or not?

At least that is something it puts the unemployed on an equal footing with the employed, unlike with most applications.

Bogalot

iammumtoone wrote: »

So all your employment history is submitted without dates, therefore no way to tell if applicant is still employed in last post or not?

At least that is something it puts the unemployed on an equal footing with the employed, unlike with most applications.

You're assessed on how you demonstrate competencies at the interview and through written examples (plus any tests), your employment history is not a part of the assessment process, at least not until higher grades. In some cases the assessor will not know anything about you but your name.

iammumtoone

Bogalot wrote: »

You're assessed on how you demonstrate competencies at the interview and through written examples (plus any tests), your employment history is not a part of the assessment process, at least not until higher grades. In some cases the assessor will not know anything about you but your name.

I am referring to the stage before that, when they select those to attend an interview. Do they only select those who are unemployed or are at least the unemployed given a equal chance as the employed (ie those doing the selecting are not aware of current employment status). We all know it is much easier to get a job when you are in one, I would like to think/hope that at least a vacancy for a DWP job coach would be offered as a role equally to the very people they are trying to help.

Bogalot

iammumtoone wrote: »

I am referring to the stage before that, when they select those to attend an interview. Do they only select those who are unemployed or are at least the unemployed given a equal chance as the employed (ie those doing the selecting are not aware of current employment status). We all know it is much easier to get a job when you are in one, I would like to think/hope that at least a vacancy for a DWP job coach would be offered as a role equally to the very people they are trying to help.

Equal chance. At that stage the only thing that will be looked at is the written competencies, which can be taken from work/ voluntary/ personal situations. The assessors will have very little time to mark each one, they generally do this on top of their normal (non HR) jobs, so they wouldn't have time to look further at the individual even if they wanted to.

The civil service is far from perfect, but in terms of recruitment I do think they're as fair as they can be. They're also very supportive of disabled applicants, they're proactive in offering additional time on tests or other adjustments that might help. They also offer the guaranteed interview scheme, so disabled applicants that meet the minimum requirements are guaranteed an interview.