Hack to work with DWP

Opencast people are committed to sharing their technical expertise – especially where there is a positive impact on society. Technology has the potential to be a real force for good.

Pandemic challenge

The pandemic outbreak had a major impact on the UK jobs market, leaving millions unemployed, with almost two thirds below the age of 25.

In July 2021 we joined DWP Digital, responsible for digital transformation at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), on ‘Hack2Work’, helping to hack new tech tools that could have a real impact on helping people back to work in the post-pandemic economy.

We want to help open up opportunities for citizens returning to work after the pandemic – and were proud to add our know-how to the Hack2Work effort to help create solutions for those out of work.

Work hack

We ran a hack workshop, sharing the lessons from our recent work at DWP Health to help design a service supporting UK employers in preventing health-related job loss.

By sharing how we helped tackled this challenge, we were able to show hackers how user-centred design shapes our roadmap for delivering services.

Back of a man wearing a purple T-shirt that reads 'Possible made powerful'

We want to help open up opportunities for citizens returning to work after the pandemic – and were proud to add our know-how to the Hack2Work effort