What we use to call the Job Centre is now effectively a place where people are deprived of their benefits, if that can be achieved.
I have only "signed-on" on one occasion, for about 8 weeks, 10 years ago.
I managed to new job lined up myself very quickly after being made redundant but they couldn't start me immediately, hence the delay.
During that time I wasn't treated with any respect at all. I was 52 at the time and had never been out of work since I first left school at age 16. I turned up for my fortnightly meeting at the DWP dressed in a suit and had my briefcase with me, but I was still treated the same as most of other long-term unemployed there. In the end, I signed myself off the dole, and relied on my dwindling savings in order to survive, as it was much less demeaning. At least I was able to do that...most people couldn't.
My heart goes out to anybody struggling to find a job, because they won't find one at the "Jobcentre" as new jobs doesn't seem to be their speciality at all.