Jobcentre Plus is a government agency, within the Department of Work
and Pensions (DWP), supporting people of working age from welfare into
work, and helping employers to fill their vacancies.
Jobcentre Plus contributes to the Government’s aim of tackling poverty, reducing worklessness, promoting growth and opportunity.
Jobcentre Plus plays a major role in helping people to gain the
support and skills they need to move from benefits into work. We do
this by providing our services based on individual customers' needs to
achieve the best outcome for them.
Working with a range of partners, we promote work as the best form
of welfare, helping unemployed and economically inactive people of
working age move closer to the labour market and compete effectively
for work, while providing appropriate help and support for those
without work.
We will encourage employers to open up more opportunities to jobless
people, help them fill their vacancies quickly and help to address the
key skill needs in different parts of the county and sectors of the
economy. We are also working with national and local employers and
agreeing Local Employer Partnerships (LEPs) where we hope to engage
employers in helping jobless customers from disadvantaged areas and
group by offering employment through a range of measures. We will pay
customers the correct amount of benefit, on time and in accordance with
published requirements, and will protect the benefits system from fraud
and abuse.
We will continue to work in partnership with a range of other
organisations, agencies and employers wherever it is likely to benefit
our individual customers or otherwise contribute to achieving our
purpose and objectives. This will develop a better understanding of
each other’s responsibilities, structure and goals, leading in the long
term to more efficient joint working and ultimately to better ways of
tackling social and economic problems.
Jobcentre Plus engagement with Local Area Agreements
The broad national vision for Jobcentre Plus’ local engagement with the new Local Area Agreement (LAA) comprises the following:
- influence the shape of sustainable community strategies and
LAAs – Jobcentre Plus has the opportunity to bring worklessness issues
to the fore and promote the Jobcentre Plus remit
- co-operate and work with local authorities and other partners through the local strategic partnerships.
The LAA gives Nottinghamshire District Jobcentre Plus and partners
the flexibility to find local solutions to local problems, and to
prioritise spending to achieve the outcomes identified.
The LAA incorporates the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy which, among
other priorities, aims to narrow the gap in inequalities between the
more affluent and deprived areas of the county. The agreement is
refreshed annually in order to enable changes in national or local
priorities to be reflected.
