howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#1
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#2
When I worked for the Channel Chamber early last year, I was helping young people find work-placements with local employers.
I was advised when I started that it was hoped I'd get about 30 odd work-placements in the first 3 months; I actually found something over 90, so far exceeding their expectations.
I took many of them to a number of jobs in my own car and sat with them in their interviews. The beaming smile on their faces that they had actually got a job was so big a thank-you, words were not necessary - but they did say a BIG thank-you. It was then up to them to show that employer that they were good enough to make it permanent. It was a very satisfying part of the job, but ended far too quickly.
When the Government funding for this initiative ended, so sadly, did my job, they were then working on funding for apprenticeships; sadly, I heard later, that the funding didn't materialise, so the kids, sorry, young people, were back on the dole and JSA - badly let down, but not sure by whom.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#3
very disappointing to read that, hard enough for youngsters to get started - any knockback hits them hard.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#4
Thats very disappointing to read post 2 above there Roger. I came across a couple of those guys at the plumbers Baldwin and Salter who were very grateful for the leg up into the job market. They told us about it themselves. Yes the funding was cut as we know which was a shame. When guys actually want to work its a real shame so it is that they cant do it. There doesnt seem to be much of an outlook for jobs here in the immediate future either. Even the replacement for Seafrance is talking of French Only employees.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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#5
My belief was that in Feb 2012 the Government was to initiate the Ian Duncan Smith plan putting unemployed people on work placements of 30 hours a week while still on benefits.
The idea being to initiate long-term unemployed into rising from bed at 7am and to get aquainted with the drill of work.
Did it all just turn out to be clap-trap from high?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
i thought that was still a goer, haven't read of any u turns on this.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#7
There is a lot that unemployed people can do, whilst drawing benefits, in the way of community work, charity work, etc. which would benefit communities.
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Guest 711- Registered: 1 Mar 2011
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#8
I read recently that the pilot scheme requiring selected people on JSA to do voluntary/community work resulted in approximately 25% immediately ceasing to claim because they didn't want to do work and another 25% who initially indicated they would do the work not turing up on the first day and so, I believe, had their JSA terminated. The selection was based on those who were considered not really participating in the job-seeking process.
One reason why some preferred to lose JSA was that they were too busy working in the black market to have time to do the voluntary work.
The potential JSA saving is enormous and I believe the scheme is to be rolled out nationwide. Don't know timescale.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#9
We were supposed to have had around half a dozen of these unemployed people at the shop.
One came in and sat on a chair nearly all the time and said she was only there because she was sent.
One tried to help but did not seem to understand anything she was told.
One was ok but only turned up once.
The others never appeared.
We now prefer to go without their supposed help.
We had one young girl who came from some other source and was brilliant, efficient, helpful, friendly and certainly deserved to get a job which sadly from our point of view she did.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#10
I agree that not all of them were interested in working, but those who were, really tried and worked well.
I heard stories of people not turning up and if they did, they just sat around; I know of one young guy who had a golden opportunity to work for a top quality restaurant and hotel - I even took him there and sat with him through the interview; the Manager was very impressed, especially after him spending a day working there.
Various excuses from him (the young guy) meant he didn't want to do it any more even though the manager was going to pay for his fare and it meant he would be put on a Hotel Management apprenticeship - that was the golden opportunity. There were other examples too.
Roger