New Deal and Flexible New Deal Exposed

I went for the re-arranged signing and have signed on again since. I am signing on every week at the moment, alternate weeks is a longer interview. This is normal after 3 months it seems. They had just brought the whole thing forward a week for some reason.

The job I didn’t want was not anything like the jobs I promised to go for. It was advertised as a “distributor” but the only vacancies left were canvassing double glazing door to door – so no falut on my part according to the Job Centre bloke who saw me. He seemed much more knowledgeable and reasonable than most.

Cheers

Neeylbee

i started on flexible new deal 5 weeks ago. i came off incapacity to get a job but because i had a failed operation in 2006 which has damaged all the nerves in my right arm im finding it hard to get a job.

im also disabled with the chronic illness lupus which ive had for 14 years. my time on flexible new deal has not been a happy one, the best time was the induction since then everything has been downhill. ive been bullied by the caseworker as they call them, when she wasnt getting anywhere i was then taken to the manager and i had both of them bullying me, when i got home my husband said how did it go, and i burst out crying.

I have an action plan of i have to reply to 5 jobs a week, i dont have a car, and most of the local vacancies im not qualified to do so i dont know how i am supposed to achieve this, and know if you dont fill your joblog in properly they are going to stop your money.

All they can come up with, although i have experience in retail in their opinion they dont think im suited to this, but wait for this……………. in their opinion they think im more suited to care cleaning vomit and sh*t up, i havent spent years getting qualifications to put them in the bin, and i felt insulted at the suggestion, i then got threatened with a sanction of no money and i was being difficult.

And since then ive been called a liar, and a malinger, there is nothing wrong with me, so to prove my innocence i go to the hospital to see my consultant and hes appalled a how the way im being treated.

I have received an apology from the JCP but they havent done anything on FND that i could not have done at home or with the help of the JCP. in fact i feel more depressed since going there than i did being unemployed.

As for the placements that are on offer are for 4 weeks and they are in charity shops, which is really going to impresss employers NOT!

Like everyone thats unemployed i have been looking for a good quality job that has prospects, all FND have to offer, is something your not experienced at and dont have the skills and which you will be signing back on JSA in 4 weeks time. as the caseworker said to me they cannot help any of the unemployed till they get a job.

I dont know if the government are working on something as the JCP told me wait till 20 weeks does he know something i dont?

in the meantime im left their, but im applying for the jobs they give me, if i go and get it, and i injure myself my boyfriends said start personal injury claims.

I have done research on FND and this is the labour parties baby, and they have given the providers free reign to do what ever they like to us to get results. And we dont have anyone we can complain too, and if we try you get threatened to have your money taken away.

I hope this gets printed in its own entirety as i feel people need to be aware what FND is actually like, your not treated fairly or compassionately, your not matched with employers based on your skill and experience. they have a vacancy you can do it, thats the FND criteria.