I had hoped I would never have to come back to this place
after a host of bad experiences but here I was again. The first thing I was
treated to was an appointment time that Seetec didn’t know about, it was
actually set up for a time during their lunch period. A taste of things to
come? I hope not.
As a result of the jobcentre and Seetec not being able to work
out an appointment between them I was treated to an induction by the manager
who I have an outstanding complaint against, so that was fun. Still she treated
me with respect and didn’t do anything wrong and explained how Community Work
Placement works which I’m not going into as you probably already know having
come to this.
There isn’t much in the way of placements for administration
and I’ve been told that if they can’t find me a placement then I will get
placed in another industry.
I had an interesting talk with one of the advisors at Seetec
who always treated me well who was surprised that I got sent on CWP as he knows
I am ready to work and also knows how much work I’ve put on things like getting
interviews. He admitted to me that it was likely because I had educated myself
on what I SHOULD expect from the Jobcentre. Also because I challenged him on
the punitive Claimant Commitments they are largely a tool to sanction people
right off the unemployment figures.
I still have a challenge to the referral to Community Work
Placement in with the Jobcentre Plus Manager so we will see what happens. For
now I will follow the rules and not keep up a further fuss and trust in the
system. Trust BUT Verify.
For all others out there struggling in the same way, if you
are someone who was recently made unemployed or if you have a good employment
record you should consider challenging the CWP referral especially if like me
you have already had a volunteer position set up.
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