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Get Britain Working Jobcentre Plus support Get Britain Working measures Work Programme

Greater focus on diagnosing customers' individual needsMore flexibility and responsibility for Jobcentre advisersIncreased autonomy for local managersRaised expectations of customer commitment to finding workExtending range of digital servicesClear focus on getting customers off benefits and in

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Get Britain Working Jobcentre Plus support Get Britain Working measures Work Programme

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    1. Get Britain Working Jobcentre Plus support Get Britain Working measures Work Programme

    2. Greater focus on diagnosing customers’ individual needs More flexibility and responsibility for Jobcentre advisers Increased autonomy for local managers Raised expectations of customer commitment to finding work Extending range of digital services Clear focus on getting customers off benefits and into jobs New option for advisers to mandate customers to work experience Jobcentre Plus support

    3. A menu of flexible support options being developed to encourage: more sharing of skills and experience through Work Clubs; volunteering as a way of developing work skills through Work Together; self-employment as a route off benefits through the New Enterprise Allowance; pre-employment training and work placements through Service Academies; and greater insight into the world of work through Work Experience. Work Clubs and Work Together now available Other options to be launched early 2011 Focus on 14 key areas – but no locality excluded Partnership between voluntary sector, colleges, employers and Government. Get Britain Working measures

    4. Work Clubs will provide unemployed people with a place to meet and exchange skills, share experiences, find opportunities, make contacts and get support to help them in their return to work. Might include providing participants with an insight into a particular industry/sector, visits to workplaces, or running employment focused sessions/workshops on recruitment methods and interview technique, but content will vary depending on the Work Club. Jobcentre Plus does not aim to set up or run Work Clubs – but we will provide practical advice and guidance to those wanting to establish or support a Club and signpost suitable customers to local Work Clubs where available. Work Clubs can be set up anywhere in the country but there will be a particular focus on supporting the development of Work Clubs in areas where the unemployment challenge is greatest. JCP will signpost customers to appropriate Work Club opportunities where available. Work Clubs

    5. Voluntary work can help an individual stay or move closer to the world of work. It can also help them develop valuable work skills whilst they are looking for paid work. Through Work Together, we will help unemployed people who are interested in volunteering so that they can find suitable opportunities. Work Together is available to all benefit recipients from the start of their claim. Jobcentre advisers will encourage and signpost customers to sources of information on volunteering, local voluntary organisations, to online services and to particular opportunities. Work Together

    6. The New Enterprise Allowance will help unemployed people who want to start and grow their own business. It will provide access to business mentoring, and offering financial support of around £2,000. Will be rolled out further from April and nationwide from autumn 2011. Aim to help establish 40,000 new small businesses by 2013. Customers will get: access to a business mentor who will provide guidance and support as they develop their business idea and through the early stages of trading once the customer has demonstrated they have a viable business idea and is ready to register as self-employed they can get: a weekly allowance based on the basic rate of JSA for 3 months, and then at half that rate for a further 3 months; a loan up to £1,000 to help with start-up costs. Will trial aspects of the offer in Merseyside from 31st January – full offer by April. New Enterprise Allowance

    7. First Work Experience placements available from late January 2011. Funding targeted at areas where it is needed most. Targeted at 18-21 year old unemployed people Offer of 2-8 weeks work experience Participation voluntary initially. Participants continue to receive their benefit whilst participating in Work Experience and, if required, will be provided with contributions towards the costs of travel and childcare. Service Academies will offer pre-employment training and work placements for unemployed people. Details being developed with other Government departments, colleges and employers. Work Experience & Service Academies

    8. Introduced by summer 2011 Local provision designed & delivered by providers paid by results Will help people with a wide variety of needs Eligibility details set out in updated prospectus Forms a coherent package complementing Jobcentre Plus support and Get Britain Working measures Previous complex array of provision ends Support will be in place during transition Work Programme

    9. Work Programme eligibility

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