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If you are doing voluntary work and not mandated then you can choose what days and hours you work, I manage a charity shop and have volunteers who are on JSA, (just to make it clear these volunteers are NOT MANDATED) I am used to people phoning me at short notice if they cant make it or are called into the JC at short notice, I had 2 ladies who were both advised on Monday that they had to go to the JC on Tuesday to fill out application forms for a new store opening, but as far as I am concerned its up to the volunteer what days and hours they work ( I am grateful for any help so don't make demands)

 

 

I am aware JSA claimants have to let the JC know if they volunteer, where and what days they do it, but its not my job to police this for the DWP, I have only had one enquiry about one of my volunteers from the JC but refused to talk to them over the phone citing the DPA and asked them to put their enquiry in writing, they never did and the person in question is still volunteering for me ( I did tell her about the phone call tho)

 

 

Hope this answers your question

 

 

Thanks for the reply.

 

i finished my 8 weeks work experience which i was sent to by jc a few weeks ago and i told them that i was gonna stay on and said 2-3 days a week and nothing else was said never had to fill anything out with them only had to fill out a form with my volunteer place the 2-3 days i would do and i let them know a few days or so before if i have something to do that day and there fine with this.

 

ye should always be voluntary and never mandated working as a volunteer.

 

yeh you let the jc know you are doing volunteer where and what days but other than that i don't know what else.

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Thanks for the reply.

 

i finished my 8 weeks work experience which i was sent to by jc a few weeks ago and i told them that i was gonna stay on and said 2-3 days a week and nothing else was said never had to fill anything out with them only had to fill out a form with my volunteer place the 2-3 days i would do and i let them know a few days or so before if i have something to do that day and there fine with this.

 

ye should always be voluntary and never mandated working as a volunteer.

 

yeh you let the jc know you are doing volunteer where and what days but other than that i don't know what else.

 

 

A few of my volunteers had to fill out a form for the JC but not sure if that's mandatory or not as the JC could argue that whilst you are volunteering you are not making yourself available for work or spending enough time job seeking.

 

 

The stupid thing is I have a volunteer on JSA who lives within walking distance of my shop, he has just been mandated to work in another charity shop which is an hour away and 2 changes of bus, but because my charity is not on the CWP his work with me don't count even tho he will be doing the exact same job for the other charity, that to me is just crazy

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A few of my volunteers had to fill out a form for the JC but not sure if that's mandatory or not as the JC could argue that whilst you are volunteering you are not making yourself available for work or spending enough time job seeking.

 

 

The stupid thing is I have a volunteer on JSA who lives within walking distance of my shop, he has just been mandated to work in another charity shop which is an hour away and 2 changes of bus, but because my charity is not on the CWP his work with me don't count even tho he will be doing the exact same job for the other charity, that to me is just crazy

 

i signed a form in the jc the day before i had to go for the interview at my volunteer place but other than that i haven't signed another form from the jc.

 

as for been mandated to work in another charity shop an hour away instead of one that is a walking distance because your charity is not on the CWP is crazy but these days what can you do a suppose.

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he has just been mandated to work in another charity shop

What a sick and pathetic society we live in where these so called charities take advantage of these schemes, boycott the lot of them, they should be named and shamed and driven out out of business.

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What a sick and pathetic society we live in where these so called charities take advantage of these schemes, boycott the lot of them, they should be named and shamed and driven out out of business.

 

 

 

A lot of 'charity' is not what it seems and does a lot more harm than good. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, as they say.

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Hey folks.

 

This is from a person i recently have met and spoken to.

 

the person got sent to 8 weeks work experience from the job centre and they have done the 8 weeks and now they have kept on at there own accord for the past 3-4 weeks now and they never took a day off during the 8 weeks they were there but they are at the voluntary placement for 2-3 days i think the manager has got him down as 3 days a week on the form you fill out.

 

anyway they have took 2 days off since volunteering themselves and when they went to sign on the person who signed the person said so you been there all the time or you had days off which sounded weird he said he had 2 days off and they went did u fill out the form for sickness and they said no and they said well you will need to if it happens again he said why though am volunteering at my own accord a have finished your 8 weeks work placement so you can't tell me what to do if i have stayed on at my own accord am not missing any job center appointments so there should be no need to sign a sickness form and then the sign on person just went sign your little piece of form and that's you.

 

i told him i done my 8 weeks and i have stayed on at my own accord for the past 2 months+ and i have had days off if i told the manager.

 

so surely he shouldn't need to sign any sickness form for days off at a volunteer place?

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