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Work Programme (Universal Credit) provider guidance

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[Withdrawn] Work Programme: Universal Credit provider guidance

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[Withdrawn] Form UC190: Work search and work availability doubt

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[Withdrawn] Form UC191: Provider refusal of employment referral

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[Withdrawn] Form UC193: Failure to participate in the Work Programme

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[Withdrawn] UC193 completion notes

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[Withdrawn] Form UC194: Request to review a sanction for Universal Credit

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[Withdrawn] Form UC Man 1: Mandatory Activity Notification

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[Withdrawn] Form UC MEN 1: Mandatory Employment Notification

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[Withdrawn] Form UC MAN 1W (Welsh): Mandatory Activity Notification

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[Withdrawn] Form UC MEN 1W (Welsh): Mandatory Employment Notification

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[Withdrawn] Form UC VolWorkExp: Voluntary work experience

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[Withdrawn] Form UC 78: Change of circumstances

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[Withdrawn] Annex 2: Fair processing notice

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Details

This guidance is for DWP Work Programme providers working with Universal Credit claimants.

Read the Work Programme provider guidance (for people not claiming Universal Credit).

Read the Work Programme provider guidance for contract package area 18.

Published 4 September 2015
Last updated 11 September 2018 + show all updates
  1. Revised version of the provider guidance (now version 7) - chapter 5 has been updated with information about the new change of circumstances form (UC78e).

  2. Revised provider guidance (now version 6) - references to Universal Jobmatch have been replaced by the new 'Find a Job' service.

  3. Revised provider guidance (version 5), updated because referrals to Work Choice and Work First Scotland have finished.

  4. Revised provider guidance (version 4), chapter 15 now includes updated contact details for the Independent Case Examiner (ICE).

  5. Revised provider guidance (version 3), chapters 10 and 13 now include information about Work First Scotland.

  6. Revised provider guidance (version 3) - updated because referrals to the programme ended on 31 March 2017. The guidance is now for existing Work Programme participants only.

  7. Published revised 'Work Programme: Universal Credit provider guidance'. Also published 'Form UC VolWorkExp: Voluntary work experience', 'Form UC 78: Change of circumstances' and 'Annex 2: Fair processing notice'.

  8. New version of form UC193: Failure to participate in the Work Programme (version V1, 2016) and completion notes (version V1, 2016).

  9. First published.