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03/04/2006
Government launches 'back to work' pilot schemes
A pilot scheme which aims to help jobseekers back into work has been rolled out across England, Scotland and Wales today.
The Jobseekers Mandatory Activity programme is aimed at people aged 25 and over who have unemployed and receiving benefit continuously for six months.
The three-day intensive work-focused course will be piloted in 10 Jobcentre Plus districts - Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire; Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire; Cheshire & Warrington; Cumbria; Lanarkshire & East Dunbartonshire; South London; Staffordshire; Surrey & Sussex; South East Wales; West Yorkshire - and will be provided by externally contracted providers.
The course will focus on a number of key areas, including confidence building and motivation; job search skills; identification of strengths, skills and training needs, as well as barriers to work and how they can be overcome; and routes into work.
Each individual who participates in the course will leave the course with an action plan and Jobcentre Plus advisers will then provide three fortnightly interviews with them, building on the action plan and job search skills.
Each customer will leave the course with an action plan. Jobcentre Plus Advisers will then provide three fortnightly interviews with the customer, building on the action plan and job search skills.
The government anticipates that around 76,500 people will participate in the scheme.
Margaret Hodge, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, said: "These pilots are an excellent example of the reforms we want to bring to the welfare state - strengthening rights and responsibilities to get people off benefits and into work.
"We want the state to be flexible enough to meet the needs of people who traditionally have felt unable to take up the opportunities that now exist, but equally ensuring that where a person is able to work and contribute they can do so. These pilots will show this approach in action."
(KMcA)
The Jobseekers Mandatory Activity programme is aimed at people aged 25 and over who have unemployed and receiving benefit continuously for six months.
The three-day intensive work-focused course will be piloted in 10 Jobcentre Plus districts - Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire; Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire; Cheshire & Warrington; Cumbria; Lanarkshire & East Dunbartonshire; South London; Staffordshire; Surrey & Sussex; South East Wales; West Yorkshire - and will be provided by externally contracted providers.
The course will focus on a number of key areas, including confidence building and motivation; job search skills; identification of strengths, skills and training needs, as well as barriers to work and how they can be overcome; and routes into work.
Each individual who participates in the course will leave the course with an action plan and Jobcentre Plus advisers will then provide three fortnightly interviews with them, building on the action plan and job search skills.
Each customer will leave the course with an action plan. Jobcentre Plus Advisers will then provide three fortnightly interviews with the customer, building on the action plan and job search skills.
The government anticipates that around 76,500 people will participate in the scheme.
Margaret Hodge, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, said: "These pilots are an excellent example of the reforms we want to bring to the welfare state - strengthening rights and responsibilities to get people off benefits and into work.
"We want the state to be flexible enough to meet the needs of people who traditionally have felt unable to take up the opportunities that now exist, but equally ensuring that where a person is able to work and contribute they can do so. These pilots will show this approach in action."
(KMcA)
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