I hope I get the chance to talk about my experience of last 2 years at this pwps diagnostic interview. In my 2 years at wp I have had 3 job offers that fell through the 1st job I had lined up a date to start etc when I joined wp. I did not sign the waiver yet the providers still contacted the company, in fact hassled the company with calls, letters. emais so much so the company redacted their job offer because of it. I did all the complaint procedure all the way to ICE and all I got was it was human error they didnt check if I had given consent. I did get a discretionary payment for the length of time the providers took to answer each of my letters though and the whole length of time the whole complaint took. The DWP were copied in on this according to ICE. 2nd job offer I had my CRB back then they turned around and said they needed additional employer references I had no more and they were unwilling to accept character references even though I had at least 3 waiting to send so again job offer withdrawn. 3rd job offer very recent got told I have the job need to do DBS check (old CRB) then a week or so before due to start a senior manager got in touch to say my DBS failed due to unsufficient identity documents. I argued this as according to DBS website I provided over the amount of documents to do the route 2 checks. I got in touch with DBS directly myself to only be told they had never even received an application in my name recently. I was furious and that is currently going through complaint too. So my time on wp has been ok the wp side of things but I feel let down by employers and messed about raising my hopes then dashing them. Having 3 job offers means I must be capable and impressive in job interviews so will I be given the option to talk about this at pwps interview or will they just assume I am useless and obviously need help with interview techniques etc ?

Due to finish wp end of the month. Have a few questions: If chosen for daily signings will this be the same time every day and what happens at daily signings do you have to have found a certain numbers of jobs to apply for day to day ? If you volunteer do they work around this or do daily signings come first ? Can you be forced to give up your volunteer work to do MWA ? I know the rules keep changing and it recently changed to MAY not be suitable if currently working/volunteering/training. But if their only arguement for MWA is to have recent work history on CV then can I be made to stop my volunteer work ? Also if they suggest a course in CV writing etc, I did this already on wp and have certificates so would I be forced to repeat same stuff and give up my volunteer work to do that too ?

Surely this from the MWA own guidelines 18. Given the policy intent of MWA, the following claimants must not be considered for referral to MWA:  currently working (paid or voluntary)  undertaking employment related study / training  taking part in or recently completed* another employment measure (contracted or non-contracted) aimed at helping them move closer to the labour market (* A claimant ‘dropping-out’ of an employment measure prematurely may, or may not, indicate a lack of focus and discipline on their part; it is for Advisory Teams to consider the merits of MWA referral on a case by case basis). should stop wp returnees from being put on MWA because they have just completed another employment measure ie the work programme. Also if we have a volunteer job we have grounds to argue if MWA is mentioned ?

Taken from MWA guidance: MWA participation would only be beneficial, and therefore appropriate, if it were deployed as a step within a structured approach designed to address the claimant’s multiple barriers. Deployed in isolation or as the first or primary step, MWA would be wholly inappropriate. 18. Given the policy intent of MWA, the following claimants must not be considered for referral to MWA:  currently working (paid or voluntary)  undertaking employment related study / training  taking part in or recently completed* another employment measure (contracted or non-contracted) aimed at helping them move closer to the labour market (* A claimant ‘dropping-out’ of an employment measure prematurely may, or may not, indicate a lack of focus and discipline on their part; it is for Advisory Teams to consider the merits of MWA referral on a case by case basis). Will these rules still exist for wp leavers because their own guidance says we should not be put on MWA straight after finished another employment measure ? Also for those of us who volunteer the notes above state we cannot be put forward to MWA either. I am due to end my time on wp in October and I volunteer which the wp are aware of and also the job centre. Worried once my time on wp is up I will be made to give up my voluntary work especially because of the threats to put us straight back on another programme or MWA. Also if having to attend every day I would have to give up at least some of my volunteer work even though I found it myself and have a current job title/references and something to talk about in job interviews.