Jobcentre details

[abc123def]

On a particularly good day I applied for a temporary job with an employment agency and my application is being processed. I've not been well since but have let the application continue just to see what happens.

 

The employment agency have asked for the details of the jobcentre I have been dealing with. I am claiming ESA, and initially claimed via the internet and by post (disability precludes using the telephone) and have never attended an office or building apart from an ATOS medical, so what are the jobcentre details that the employment agency are asking for?

 

Also, why do the employment agency want these details? Do they tell the DWP that you are registered with them and looking for work? I am very worried that if so the DWP will decide I am too well to be on ESA and reassess me or whatever with the intent of saying so. I know that I would be supported by my social worker and GP as to being too unwell to work because I have been unwell and under the crisis team but even so, can do without the stress so would tell the employment agency to cease my application and take me off their books if the DWP are informed of me being there.

 

I'd hoped I could stay on the books and then over time would be told what vacancies there were and I could assess whether I was well enough for any position and then if taking one would of course tell the DWP myself immediately. I am not sure why the employment agency want 'my jobcentre' details now when no job has been offered or taken though.

 

Thanks in advance.

[RebeccaPidgeon]

On a particularly good day I applied for a temporary job with an employment agency and my application is being processed. I've not been well since but have let the application continue just to see what happens.

 

The employment agency have asked for the details of the jobcentre I have been dealing with. I am claiming ESA, and initially claimed via the internet and by post (disability precludes using the telephone) and have never attended an office or building apart from an ATOS medical, so what are the jobcentre details that the employment agency are asking for?

 

Also, why do the employment agency want these details? Do they tell the DWP that you are registered with them and looking for work? I am very worried that if so the DWP will decide I am too well to be on ESA and reassess me or whatever with the intent of saying so. I know that I would be supported by my social worker and GP as to being too unwell to work because I have been unwell and under the crisis team but even so, can do without the stress so would tell the employment agency to cease my application and take me off their books if the DWP are informed of me being there.

 

I'd hoped I could stay on the books and then over time would be told what vacancies there were and I could assess whether I was well enough for any position and then if taking one would of course tell the DWP myself immediately. I am not sure why the employment agency want 'my jobcentre' details now when no job has been offered or taken though.

 

Thanks in advance.

There is no requirement for you to divulge the name of the Job Centre that you are using... and entirely your discretion as to to whether you divulge the information.

 

However, Clerks within any Recruitment Agency should be viewed on the same basis as postmen.... you submit an application for a job via an agency, and rely on the agency clerk to relay the information to the employer, and if any positive response ensues, for the clerk to get back to you and confirm the date and time of any interview.

 

It is entirely your discretion as to whether you wish to indulge any Clerk who presumes that they are "Recruitment Consultants".

[flumps1976]

Sometimes we receive forms from recruitment agencies that require confirmation of the time someone has spent on a particular benefit, admittedly it is usually JSA and if previous work history is required and someone declares a period of un-mployment.

[abc123def]

I wonder why they are doing this with me, on ESA. Quite bizarre. I've emailed the employment agency asking them why they need the details, confirming that I have never attended a jobcentre and asking them not to contact the DWP and that I will do so once I have been offered and have accepted a job. I hope that they tell me therefore that they won't then contact the DWP. I am fragile atm and really don't need forms and assessments now.

 

Maybe it's unusual for them to take on someone who is on ESA and they are just treating me the same as the people on JSA, but it is different.

[antone]

 

Maybe it's unusual for them to take on someone who is on ESA and they are just treating me the same as the people on JSA, but it is different.

 

This is probably correct. Note also that there is no bar to seeking work while you are on ESA (it is called "Employment and Support Allowance", after all) and you won't be reassessed or have your benefit stopped just because you applied for a job. They want ESA claimants to look for suitable work.

 

The mere fact that you're trying to find a job won't be held against you unless you're applying for stuff that your incapacity would mean you couldn't do. So if you've told them you can't walk, for example, don't apply for a job as a firefighter. You get the idea.