Job Centre Plus offers a free recruitment support service to you as a local employer. They can:
- Promote your vacancies free of charge both online (Find a job – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk/find-a-job) and within our Job Centre network
- Help to support your recruitment process
- Help selecting and interviewing candidates
- Provide space within our Job Centres for you to meet and interview candidates
- Arrange and support you at local Job Fairs (next one is in Uckfield on 7th September)
Myth Busting:
Working and Universal Credit:
There is no ‘16hr rule’ for Universal Credit Customers.
There is no limit to how many hours a claimant can work. This means that Universal Credit will not necessarily be stopped if they – work extra hours, get bonus payments, get overtime, have more than one job, are on zero-hours contract.
Universal Credit supports working parents by offering generous childcare support:
For children under 17 : up to 85% of eligible childcare costs.
Your employees could receive
- Up to £951 per month for one child
- Up to £1,630 per month for 2 or more.
We can also pay for up-front Childcare costs to support when starting or increasing work.
- £260 per week for one child (up to a daily limit of £52)
- £446 per week for two or more children (up to a daily limit of £89)
Receive 30 hours of free childcare for 3 – 4 year olds
- Term time for 38 weeks of the year
To book a FREE Stand at the Uckfield Jobs Fair on Thursday 7 September or to discuss your recruitment support needs or any other Universal Credit questions you may have please contact Jane Hurt, your local Employer Adviser via email: jane.hurt2@dwp.gov.uk or mobile: 07721 649589