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DWP: Expanded Support for Young People
Created: 01/05/2026
News/Events Category: Employability
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched expanded support for young people looking for work on Universal Credit. The new support will provide tailored employment support and a structured path into a job, apprenticeship, or training from day one of their Universal Credit claim.
If a young person is not already earning or learning by week 13 of their claim, they will sit down with a dedicated work coach for an in-depth meeting and walk away with a guaranteed referral to one of up to six pathways: a job, apprenticeship, work experience, vocational training, learning, or a workplace training programme with a guaranteed interview designed with employers.
In total, over the next three years 900,000 young people on Universal Credit looking for work will benefit from this dedicated work support session followed by four weeks of intensive, personalised support – a springboard to a better future for close to a million young people.
The programme has been launched across the first 81 jobcentres in England, Scotland and Wales, and by the end of the year this will be rolled out to all jobcentres and every eligible young person across Great Britain will benefit from the new support.
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