The government’s approach to benefits hurts everyone in need.
>Women reported that they were offered minimal support in obtaining paid work. Instead, their appointments at job centres were mainly about checking they had met their requirements. One single mother with two young children said:
>I think she [JobCentre Plus staff member] was to check things and just update the computer … rather than any kind of careers advice.
>One single mother who was undertaking a part time degree expressed frustration at the requirement to undertake paid work, as it got in the way of her studies, which she felt were important to her family’s long term financial situation
Bureaucracy at its worst.
This has been the way the jobcentre has functioned for years.
There is no career guidance nor care if a job is suitable or sustainable. In my experience and that of people I know, they don’t care if a job is unsuitable due to transport, childcare, disability or similar.
You are a box to be ticked and moved on with no consideration for your actual circumstances.
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The government’s approach to benefits hurts everyone in need.
>Women reported that they were offered minimal support in obtaining paid work. Instead, their appointments at job centres were mainly about checking they had met their requirements. One single mother with two young children said:
>I think she [JobCentre Plus staff member] was to check things and just update the computer … rather than any kind of careers advice.
>One single mother who was undertaking a part time degree expressed frustration at the requirement to undertake paid work, as it got in the way of her studies, which she felt were important to her family’s long term financial situation
Bureaucracy at its worst.
This has been the way the jobcentre has functioned for years.
There is no career guidance nor care if a job is suitable or sustainable. In my experience and that of people I know, they don’t care if a job is unsuitable due to transport, childcare, disability or similar.
You are a box to be ticked and moved on with no consideration for your actual circumstances.