DWP Work Coach

Rinsendry your advert was a separate one from the one I applied for but your dates for interview are the same but they will probably change the dates as when I booked mine I was only given the option of the 4th July to the 14th including weekends but I'm on holiday from the 6 th so only had 2 days to choose from.

Reply 1983

username3154568

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Hi also got invited to interview for Liverpool, any word on Dorset Somerset area also applied there

Reply 1984

McClure there was something about multiple applications for work coach roles on the job advert don't know if that may be relevant for you to read what it states I can't remember the exact points it said but I believe your first application will take precedence and your scores and interview result too, you will only have the one interview the other applications should state duplicate application or words similar

Reply 1985

I ended up needing to attend two interviews for two districts. It depends on the different districts you apply for

Reply 1986

That doesn't surprise me with the way these recruitment drives go but I was just quoting the advert for mine, seems like nothing is written in stone but I suppose you get more experience by having more than one interview.

Reply 1987

Ref your choice of locations, it says you get a list again once you have booked your interview, do you get this list by email or when you attend the interview ?

Reply 1988

When you get invited to interview you will get an attachment which lists all of the jobcentres within that particular district. It will ask you to number your preferences and if you have applied for more than one district it will also ask you to list those in order of preference. I applied for two London districts and a Surrey district. My first interview was for Surrey, I was told that I only needed to attend one interview for all of the districts I had applied for. Two months after my initial intetview however I was called and asked to attend another interview for London. Shortly after I was put on reserve for Surrey and given a provisional offer for the two London districts and then after sometime Surrey called with a provisional offer. That was my personal experience, others have only needed to attend one.

Reply 1989

How did your first two days go Cat?

Reply 1990

Original post by Lewisj7

How did your first two days go Cat?

Good thanks. I've just spent the last two days walking around and meeting everyone. All the staff are really friendly and welcoming. I'm waiting to be set up on the system so that I can access my contract etc and start my elearning. Once I've had my safety training I'll be able to observe other work coaches and I've been told that in a couple of weeks I'll spend 6 weeks training in another office. Do you have a start date yet?

Reply 1991

Original post by Cat2121

Good thanks. I've just spent the last two days walking around and meeting everyone. All the staff are really friendly and welcoming. I'm waiting to be set up on the system so that I can access my contract etc and start my elearning. Once I've had my safety training I'll be able to observe other work coaches and I've been told that in a couple of weeks I'll spend 6 weeks training in another office. Do you have a start date yet?

Sounds good, bet you're glad to finally be started it's been a good few months waiting for this hasn't it!

No start date yet still waiting for pre employment checks to be completed.. on the 8th day so far so I'd say a good few weeks yet lol!

Reply 1992

Original post by Lewisj7

Sounds good, bet you're glad to finally be started it's been a good few months waiting for this hasn't it!

No start date yet still waiting for pre employment checks to be completed.. on the 8th day so far so I'd say a good few weeks yet lol!

Yeah it's been a while. I attended my first interview in mid Feb, got an offer in April, waited 27 days for checks and then another 6 weeks to start. It's a long process but totally worth it in the end so hang in there, hopefully it won't be much longer!

Reply 1993

Original post by Cat2121

Yeah it's been a while. I attended my first interview in mid Feb, got an offer in April, waited 27 days for checks and then another 6 weeks to start. It's a long process but totally worth it in the end so hang in there, hopefully it won't be much longer!

Yeah im sure it will be worth it.. it's a job I've wanted to do for a while! They're estimating a mid August start date but whether that happens is another story lol.

Have they mentioned about any holidays once you've started.. they asked me about pre arranged and I have one in July which will before my start date but also a long weekend at the end of August and they said to let my line manager know.. probably because they estimate an August start date.

Reply 1994

Jane1738

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I just did the CSIST and scored better than 60% of those who previously did the test. Is this good? Do they normally offer interviews to those who did better on the CSIST?

Reply 1995

Blacklace

Original post by Jane1738

I just did the CSIST and scored better than 60% of those who previously did the test. Is this good? Do they normally offer interviews to those who did better on the CSIST?

Hi - my understanding is that the test is a screening test, so it's an in/out procedure. If your feedback says that you have reached the required standard then you should be fine - the interview decision will be based on your write-up of the competencies, so as long as you achieve a 4 or above in each competency you should get an interview, I would have thought. (I'm not an expert though, so I could be wrong about this)

Reply 1996

Blacklace

Original post by Lewisj7

Yeah im sure it will be worth it.. it's a job I've wanted to do for a while! They're estimating a mid August start date but whether that happens is another story lol.

Have they mentioned about any holidays once you've started.. they asked me about pre arranged and I have one in July which will before my start date but also a long weekend at the end of August and they said to let my line manager know.. probably because they estimate an August start date.

Hi - they will honour any holidays you have booked. However, just so you are aware, the training appears to be an intensive 8 week course (this is the training I've been put on, anyway). So if you have a lot of holiday booked during the training period you may need to join a later training cohort so you don't miss any of it. This may differ from region to region though. I'm just speaking from my own experience.

Reply 1997