Purbeck District Council to provide Jobcentre Plus facilities

Purbeck District Council has teamed up with Jobcentre Plus in Wareham to help local people looking for work and local employers, when the Jobcentre Plus offices close at the end of March 2008. 

The Council will be providing facilities and information services for jobseekers at the Council offices reception in Worgret Road, Wareham.  These will include a free Customer Access telephone and computer kiosk linked to the Jobcentre website, providing information about job vacancies.  The telephone will enable free phone calls about benefits claims, job vacancies and National Insurance enquiries. The Council is also hoping to provide a computer kiosk at the nearby Purbeck Sports Centre. 

Purbeck District Council will also support the Jobcentre Plus Advisory Outreach service by allowing use of an interview room.  This will enable local meetings with a Jobcentre Plus adviser for customers who are unable to visit the Poole Jobcentre Plus office.

Cllr Gary Suttle, Local Economy Spokesperson, said “Purbeck District Council is naturally disappointed at the loss of this important facility, particularly for those living in the many rural areas of Purbeck.  However, I am pleased that we have been able to work with Jobcentre Plus in order to provide this vital service at the Council offices in Wareham.”

Full time Jobcentre Plus offices will continue to be provided in Poole and Bournemouth.

For further information, please contact:  Phil McStraw, Head of Revenues & Social Support. Tel: 01929 557208