About the DWP
The Department for Work and Pensions was created in June 2001 and is one of the biggest government departments, employing over 100,000 people around the country. Formed from parts of the former Department of Social Security, Department for Education and Employment and the Employment Service, it is responsible for delivering support and advice through a modern network of services to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children and disabled people.
We operate through a number of different businesses to deliver the Government's policy of promoting opportunity and independence for all through work, where appropriate, or support for those unable to work. We help people to find jobs and employers to fill vacancies; we make payments to job seekers, pensioners, disabled people, parents and carers. Most people in Britain will come into contact with us at some time in their lives.
Our Values:
- Achieving the Best: by meeting high standards, delivering consistently and improving our services
- Respecting People: by treating our customers and each other with respect, welcoming diversity and valuing others' ideas
- Looking Outwards: by working with others and learning how to get better at what we do
- Making a Difference: by supporting, challenging and inspiring customers to improve their lives and helping each other to make a difference
The Department is here to promote opportunity and independence for all through modern, customer-focused services. We help people to achieve their potential through employment, so that they are able to provide for their children and to work and save for secure retirement. Its policies are delivered through a number of government agencies and services, the most significant of these 'businesses' are :
- Jobcentre Plus - which helps people of working age find work and receive the benefits to which they are entitled, and helps employers to fill their vacancies.
- The Pension and Disability Carers Service - which delivers frontline services to pensioners and extra-cost disability benefits to disabled people and benefits to carers.
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DWP is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity in our working practices with all our customers, colleagues and partners.
