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Oct15
A to Z of New Deal: D is for Demotivation
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Keywords: a4e, A4e Ltd, Benefit Busters, creaming, demotivating courses, Dencora House, Department for Work and Pensions, dwp, flexible new deal, intensive job search, jobcentre plus, New Deal, uk government, unemployment, YMCA Training
D is for Demotivation
New Deal without a doubt is very demotivating for participants. People generally on New Deal have a one week honeymoon period. This is called Induction. This is the best week of the course although some people criticise it for being stretched out for activities that could be completed in 2 days maximum.
This typically consists of everything done in Gateway 2 Work and job search. It gets worse for the following weeks after induction. View the rest on Flexible New Deal Scandal
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Sep13
A to Z of New Deal: C is for Cherry-picking!
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Keywords: a4e, A4e Ltd, Benefit Busters, cherry picking, creaming, Dencora House, Department for Work and Pensions, dwp, emma harrison, flexible new deal, intensive job search, jobcentre plus, New Deal, uk government, unemployment, YMCA Training
C is for Cherry picking!
Government contractors (those that deliver welfare schemes such as New Deal) are well known to “Cherry pick” (Also known as “creaming“) and to “park” clients. “Cherry picking” (or “creaming”) means selecting those that are easier to help (in the case of New Deal; those that are deemed closer to the labour market or simply put “job ready” – as highlighted by Benefit Busters Episode 2 where New Deal participants were segregated into rooms).
“Parking” is when clients are deemed too difficult to help (such as not being “job ready”; regardless of being paid to do so) and receive little or none help at all. View the rest on Flexible New Deal Scandal
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Sep4
A to Z of New Deal: B is for Boredom!
Categories: A to Z of New Deal, Benefit Busters, New Deal, dwp; Feedback: 2 Comments
Keywords: a4e, A4e Ltd, Benefit Busters, Dencora House, Department for Work and Pensions, dwp, emma harrison, flexible new deal, intensive job search, jobcentre plus, New Deal, uk government, unemployment, YMCA Training
B is for Boredom
Whether you are 18, 30 or 60 you will find the disorganised 13 Week New Deal courses very boring. Episode 2 of Benefit Busters clearly highlights sticking a pool of people into overcrowded rooms without a timetable doing 30 hours a week of “intensive job search”. View the rest on Flexible New Deal Scandal
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- National Minimum Wage to be dissolvedFlexible New Deal Scandal can reveal that the Government is planning to dissolve the National Minimum Wage which becomes of a huge worry of allowing workfare to go mainstream. At current all people participating on Government schemes such as New Deal, Flexible New Deal and Work for Your Benefit scheme are exempt from the National [...] […]
- The Work Programme FrameworkAs taken from a DWP document: The Work Programme Framework Introduction to the Work Programme The Coalition Agreement, published on 12 May 2010, set out a number of major welfare to work reforms, including a core integrated welfare to work programme and a number of measures designed to support people to find employment. These measures [...] […]
- The Big Issue: helping the homeless or a scam?As co-founder of the Big Issue, John Bird, has recently made a big statement about slashing benefits, and today I make a big statement about the Big Issue. This isn’t a retaliation remark at all, as a human being he can have his own opinion but after a discussion on sister site Ipswich Unemployed Action, [...] […]
- The Future (Please Read)The Work Programme is approaching (still some time to go mind you) and will replace New Deal and Flexible New Deal. This is a post to specify what changes I propose throughout the “network”. Flexible New Deal / New Deal related sites All these will be retired. Whether or not they will disappear off the [...] […]
- Cant get a job? Immigrants rule UK JobsIt has been revealed that in some areas of the UK, immigrants make up to almost 7 in 10 jobs. If you cannot secure a job, perhaps that is why! Place Percentage (of jobs by immigrants) Rough ratio Newham (“London 2012″), London 69.5 7 in 10 people Brent, London 57.7 3 in 5 people Westminster, [...] […]
- A4e and the Data Protection Act violationA4e have managed to lose 24,000 peoples details. This not under New Deal, Flexible New Deal or any other welfare contract that they have but the Community Legal Advice Centre contract. This shows deep concern about how they do not care about peoples personal information – so if you have A4e as a provider or another [...] […]
- Work for Your Benefit (WfYB) provider announced tomorrowDWP says the successful Work for Your Benefit provider will be announced on 21st June 2010 when the contract is awarded. That is tomorrow. […]
- Welfare to Work: Overpaid, Overcrowded and Out of touch!Flexible New Deal providers are greatly overpaid, overcrowded and out of touch with reality. The 5 year contracts:- terminated to solely 18 months; where providers were paid top heavy service fees, resulted in rather unrequired investment almost upfront to deliver the contracts over the longer period. As the contract is now being scrapped this has [...] […]
- Jobcentre Plus staff Vs Unemployed ProfessionalsAs published in todays Sun newspaper… a report in comparisons between public sector organisations (such as DWP’s Jobcentre Plus) and private businesses… Sector Private Public Total Employed 22,000,000 7,000,000 Pay (Average) £19,932 £22,417 (30% better off an hour) Pensions 15% of public sector workers gain in better pensions Hours worked 23% more hours work […]
- Barack Obama: stupid anti-British racistIt was hailed a miracle! The USA having their first black president (although solely a puppet and only half black), light at the end of the tunnel for a very racist country to start again as a fair society and hope to end the severe rich-poor divide in the country we all know as corporate [...] […]
- Former Labour MP Nick Palmer signs onNick Palmer, a former Labour MP for Broxstowe, who spent 13 years in Parliament and speaks 6 languages, has a PhD in maths and loves topping up his huge former MP salary and MP expenses doing surveys at approx £50 per time, is reported to be signing on for Jobseekers Allowance.Nick Palmer, 60, who also [...] […]
- Coalition Programme for GovernmentWhy have they just merged a couple of party manifestos? I want more information on the specific issues, not a few bullet points! We need a protest and a new election… don’t want these *****s in charge for next 5 years! Snippets 19. JOBS AND WELFARE The Government believes that we need to encourage responsibility [...] […]
- New Deal Complaint unofficial fansite on facebookA google search has made me aware of a facebook group…. Name: “Newdeal” should NOT be mandatory Category: Business – Employment & Work Description: I have recently been made to go on the government “Newdeal” scheme, and can only say I was disgusted by this supposed training course, everyone I spoke to had a complaint. [...] […]
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