About this website

This Jobcentre Plus website provides help for customers in finding jobs and information about benefits to people of working age, training and how to apply for a job.

For employers there is information on placing a vacancy with Jobcentre Plus and what Jobcentre Plus services are available to them.

Jobcentre Plus is part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Find out more about Jobcentre Plus.

On the Jobcentre Plus website you will find:

• how to contact Jobcentre Plus
• job search with access to over 400,000 vacancies
• Jobseekers Allowance information
• working age benefits information such as Income Support
• information about jobfairs, employer events and other events in your area.

For more information about what you can find on this website, go to the site map.

If you are a customer, go to the customers' section.

If you are an employer, go to the employers' section.

If you are a partner organisation, find out more in the partners' section.

Related DWP websites

Jobs and Skills - a different way to search for jobs, training and careers

New Deal - gives people claiming benefits the help and support they need to look for work, find training opportunities and prepare for work. Find out more about New Deal

Child Support Agency - information about how the Child Support Agency assesses, collects and pays child support maintenance, including a child maintenance calculator.

Go to the Child Support Agency website

Other DWP websites

Disabled people and carers

• The government is making it easier for you to access information and services through a website called Directgov. It provides information for disabled people and carers of all ages in areas such as employment, independent living and rights.
• Find more information for disabled people on Directgov (not a DWP website).
• Find more information for carers on Directgov (not a DWP website).
• For information about a range of benefits and services for people who are sick or have a disability, go to the disabled people and carers part of the DWP website.
• For policy information about disabled people's rights and information about UK disability legislation, go to Directgov.

The Pension Service - gives impartial UK Government information on state and private pensions, whether you are retired, approaching retirement or planning ahead for retirement. It includes a practical guide to support from across government for retired people (The Pensioner’s Guide).

Go to The Pension Service website

Are you over 50? - a practical guide to advice, support and services available through the UK Government and voluntary organisations, for people aged 50 and over.

Go to the over 50s information on the Directgov website

Age Positive - information about the Government's Age Positive campaign to tackle age discrimination and promote age diversity in the work place. Go to the Age Positive website

Targeting Benefit Thieves - information about the Targeting Benefit Thieves campaign and the DWP's wider activity against benefit fraud. You can also report people who you suspect of benefit fraud.

Go to the Targeting Benefit Thieves website

To find out about the work of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as a whole, visit the DWP website.