Recruitment Support service

The JobCentre Plus network of local Employer Advisers can help you to find the right people for your jobs, and also support your community. Jobcentre Plus will give you a named Employer Adviser who will work with you to fill your vacancies using the most suitable recruitment solution, including:

• Giving advice to help you write job descriptions
• Helping you speed up your recruitment process
• Promoting your vacancies in local Jobcentres
• Helping you select and interview priority candidates
• Allowing you to use Jobcentre Plus offices to carry out interviews (where available)
• Inviting you to local recruitment events to promote your vacancies
• Helping you connect with other businesses in your area
• Working with you to plan your future recruitment campaigns

JobCentre Plus Employer Advisers can work with you to design a bespoke package to meet your recruitment needs, including:

• Sector-based work academy programme – help to create a skilled workforce for your business. This programme offers a flexible approach that is adapted to meet the needs of your business
• Work experience employer guide – supporting young people to build marketable job skills
• Work trials – to see if potential employees are suited to working in a role and company

In addition, they can offer more support to employers who are committed to creating opportunities for who need extra help to succeed in the labour market.

Vacancy Advertising service

Advertise your jobs through JobCentre Plus's online services which are used by millions of people every week:

• GOV.UK Advertise a job service – post and manage jobs online 24/7, 365 days a year
• Social media – promote your vacancy via your local Jobcentre Plus social media accounts

Advice service

JobCentre Plus can signpost you to useful advice for your business, including:

• Access to Work – an employment grant supporting disabled people to start or stay in work
• Apprenticeships – employing an apprentice and the funding that is available to help do this
• Disability Confident employer scheme – encouraging employers to think differently about disability and to take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people
• In Work Progression – progression specialist to help grow your business with employee retention and development. They can identify barriers to progression/promotion and connect to available support/funding
• Mentoring circles – a national initiative that connects mentors with jobseekers to help tackle employment inequalities
• Positive action – guidance on positive employer actions for recruitment and promotion
• Reasonable adjustments – providing help for workers with disabilities and/or health conditions and information about the Health Adjustment Passport.
• Redundancy service – access bespoke support through the free Rapid Response Service to help you and your employees through the process of redundancy
• Traineeships – a skills development programme that includes a work placement from 6 weeks up to 1 year. Funding is available to employers who provide traineeships for 19 to 24 year olds
• Universal Credit and employers – making the best use of opportunities that Universal Credit can bring to a business
• Workforce planning – advice around more flexible recruitment practices, support to find the right training opportunities to upskill your workforce and retain your talent by supporting internal progress
• Workplace pensions – advice on how to set up and manage a workplace pension scheme

Contact Jobcentre Plus

Learn more about how JobCentre Plus can help employers, and find contact details below:

• Employer Services line – call 0800 169 0178 or use the online enquiry form.
• Social media – send a direct message via your Jobcentre Plus local social media accounts