Should I take this DWP Work Coach role?

I’ve been an AO at DWP (in CFCD) for 5 months and have been offered a Work Coach role.

I’m really unsure about whether to take it, I’m not sure it’d be a role I enjoy? It’s also a longer commute than my current role and doesnt have the advantage of hybrid working.

That being said, my goal was to progress within the civil service and I took the AO role as mainly a stepping stone. The pay is also better of course (by £5k annually).

Any advice would be appreciated! If I don’t enjoy it, how likely is it for me to do a lateral transfer to another EO opportunity?

Work and Health is a very different working style to cfcd . I’ve gone from Work Coach to CFCD and would say CFCD is a better working environment. In terms of hybrid working, flexi hours, well being focus on staff, and upskilling I’d say CFCD is really good

Yeah I really enjoy it at CFCD and I know I’d prefer it over Work and Health, however it is a good progression opportunity, maybe I can move to another EO role (perhaps in CFCD?) after a few months?

I'd love to know how that went for you!

I'd love to know how that went for you!

Haha what a coincidence, I was offered an EO role in CFCD last week in my current office, starting at the beginning of December! It definitely worked out for me as I’ve ended up staying where I wanted, and also the extra few months that I was an AO, I was on TDA for team leaders a lot of the time

Sounds great! I am starting my AO CFCD role in a couple of weeks. Could you share what your day-to-day looked like? I personally love looking into fraud but mostly the back-end of things. My biggest fear is that this will become a call centre type of work. Could you share some insight on what your day-to-day was like, and how you managed to progress so quickly? I am taking this role as a stepping stone to build my career in CS. I would appreciate any tips 😉 P.S. Congratulations!!