Community Work Experience

Community Work Experience is a non-financial sanction that can be imposed on a partner of a client who gets Supported Living Payment instead of a Grade 1 financial sanction. It is intended to help build work-related skills and confidence, and also build connections in their community.

A partner will work with a community or voluntary organisation, for at least 5 hours a week, for 4 weeks.

A partner will have a 2-week search period before their Community Work Experience begins to find a suitable position and organisation.

MSD will need to confirm whether the organisation and position are suitable before the partner can begin.  

Once the partner completes their Community Work Experience, they are considered to have recomplied with their obligation failure and do not need to complete any other recompliance activities.