EAST Lancashire will be one of the first places in the country to reap the rewards from a new one-stop shop approach to job hunting and benefit payments.
By spring next year all job centres in the region will be part of the new Pathfinder Jobcentre Plus offices.
Blackburn with Darwen was one of only 17 districts nationwide to pilot the new Jobcentre Plus agency last October.
As part of the scheme the traditional 'job cards' outlining local vacancies will be replaced with touch-screen technology which will handle details of more than 400,000 jobs available throughout the country.
Advanced 'Job Point' terminals will be installed. They will allow individuals to search a vast national database of vacancies.
Joan Lee, district manager for East Lancashire, added: "From browsing through vacancies at the click of a button to an efficient appointments system and the rapport which our advisers build up with our clients, this new service will place the focus firmly on work."
The scheme is part of a £160m government overhaul of job centres across the country.
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