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Way to Work campaign
This week DWP launched Way to Work - a national drive to get half a million people who are out of work into jobs in the next five months.
With 1.2 million vacancies available and hundreds of thousands of people on Universal Credit who are actively looking to make a fresh start in work. Way to Work will accelerate connecting current opportunities and jobseekers.
To do this, the DWP are providing the following:
- Claimants will spend more time with their work coaches. This will improve the work coach's understanding of their needs and their suitability for certain roles
- Jobcentres will be working with a diverse range of employers, of differing sizes and sectors. Work coaches will be able to match claimants to the type of employer
- For those feeling anxious, work coaches will offer a variety of ways and platforms claimants can be introduced to prospective employers, including recruitment days, physical and virtual job fairs and other events
- The recruitment process will be simplified and shortened.
The Department for Education has launched a collection of job-related online courses, teaching numeracy, coding and internet skills.
https://theskillstoolkit.campaign.gov.uk/
Two practical online support platforms through 'Good Place to Start' campaign have been launched.
jobhelp offers essential advice to those looking for work, on which sectors are recruiting now, how to make the best of transferable skills and how to secure a new role.
employerhelp offers business advice on recruiting including the matching service.
Access to Work
You can find out more about the Access to Work scheme on GOV.UK and a factsheet for customers has also been updated.
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