Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: She engaged with YWYW as she was subject to conditionality and pressured by Jobcentre Plus (JCP)
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: Perceptions of Jobcentres Plus are crucial for engagements levels.
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: Plus.
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: Participant GroupThe programme would be for inactive people, those unemployed for six months plus or
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: •Active partnerships between local government and jobcentre plus – enabling a ‘one-stop shop’ approach
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: Most people out of work will find their main interaction coming through a reserved Jobcentre Plus
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: The organisational challenges to be addressed typically include staff conditions and cultures, premises
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Student finance application forms and notes for new 2024 to 2025 full-time tuition fee only studentsFound: religion, doctor, lawyer, civil servant, teacher/lecturer (not college or university administration staff
Mentions:
1: Robert Buckland (Con - South Swindon) Friend the Member for Worcester (Mr Walker).In certain jobs, autistic staff can be way more productive - Speech Link
2: Robert Buckland (Con - South Swindon) If the adjustment passport and the Access to Work Plus pilots being run by Department for Work and Pensions - Speech Link
3: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) providers of employment support on how they could job carve roles for disabled people, and called on Jobcentre - Speech Link
Asked by: Tahir Ali (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support unemployed people in Birmingham with (a) skills training and (b) financial management.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
In Birmingham, our local Jobcentre Plus partnership teams are working directly with colleges and training providers to ensure claimants have access to the right skills support. Our successful Sector Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) have seen almost three hundred customers in Sparkhill take up this support in the last year. This provision includes pre-employment training, work experience and a guaranteed job interview across a variety of sectors, with further SWAPs available with employers such as HS2, Compass Group, Air Scaffolding, Weatherspoon’s, and Jet 2.
In the Hall Green constituency, we have recently supported customers into jobs in the hospitality sector through English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision based at Sparkhill Jobcentre. Customers have also taken up non-teaching roles within local schools through the skills training we have set up with Pineapple Recruitment, and Sparkhill Jobcentre staff work closely with Joseph Chamberlain College to support claimants move into self-employment.
We are committed to ensuring that all staff can identify and signpost customers to the financial support they require. Across all our Jobcentres in Birmingham, Work Coaches have regular conversations with customers about the Flexible Support Fund (FSF) and how this can help to remove barriers to work, such as support with childcare costs.
The ‘Move In Move On’ programme helps customers in supported accommodation to move into work via a partnership with the Salvation Army. This programme offers financial education, tenancy skills and employability. We also work with The Money House which offers a financial education course to support 16–25-year-olds with banking, budgeting, and spending habits to support in reducing youth homelessness.
To help facilitate signposting discussions with customers, staff have access to a database of national and local support information, the District Provision Tool, which ensures that customers can access tailored support where required.