The next wave of change is already here at the jobcentre it seems...

Indeed it already seems to have hit, the DWP's latest round of attempts to get people into work that doesn't exist yet.

Currently, if you have been signing on at the job centre plus for more than 9 months, you'll be refferd to a company via a scheme called the "work programme". The aim of the work programme is to help people look for work, get into work and ensure that they keep the work too. A good idea i think everyone agree's... only, it's nothing like that in reality.

When i was placed on the work programme, i had to suffer my time with i2i (inspire to independance). For 2 years they did nothing for me apart from reffer me to the national career's service and one time sat me infront of a computer and told me to look for work (something i can do at home anyway).

After my time on the work programme it was obv going to look bad on the job centre's stats that so many people are coming back from the work programme with no jobs and actually, still no greater chance of getting a job having completed the two years time. So the job centre have had to react to this by bringing in some changes.

Now, for those who have completed 2 years on the work programme can be subjected to an apparent 6 month period (although i presume after the 6 months, there'll be something else) of daily sign on's for a 3rd of claiments. Half, myself included in this, have to have weekly sign on's and the rest... well, they just go back to the sign on's every two weeks and that's that.

This post work programme scheme that the job centre are running is already failing. Sure, it's different paperwork for your adverage claiment to fill in, but what good can become of it if the work simply isn't available.

The DWP are still trying to roll out universal-job match and universal credit, yet, both of these without significant change will fail, how many people sink on that ship... well... time will tell.