JOb Centre Plus Presentation

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Support for Jobseekers Allowance Customers from
April 09
Wendy Knighton Jobcentre Plus South East Regional
Provision manager
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6 MONTH OFFER

• Recruitment and training subsidy
• Self-employment package
• Work focused volunteering options
• Work Focused Training

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FE Colleges working with JCP and their clients

• LSC and JCP monthly steering group meetings
• FE colleges and JCP communications
• Dedicated JCP district e-mail and contact

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Responding to the labour market

• Sectors required from JCP
• Indication of volumes from JCP
• FE college Employer engagement staff utilising
  local knowledge
• Roll on roll off programmes

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Promoting WFT

• JCP advisers will promote WFT to 6month
  customers as a specific course or
• Refer to the FE college to screen and advise on
  the most appropriate programme
• JCP advisers will promote WFT as a substantial
  support to gain qualifications i.e NVQ
• FND phase 2 18 24 year olds

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Processs to consider

• SL2s
• Non attendance of course
• Feedback on participants progress
• Job Outcomes

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More information
Jobcentre Plus contact _at_jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk S
E Region Wendy Knighton 01483
446034 Hants/IOW Susie Pipe 02392
304894 Kent Peta Parsons
01622 702753 Surrey/Sussex Sid Taylor 01273
647559 Thames Valley Julie Meechan
07716036737

Support for Jobseekers Allowance Customers from
April 09
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Delivering for employers

• THANK YOU