Social services minister ‘concerned’ by some providers meant to help welfare recipients find work Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Amanada Rishworth also flagged changes to so-called mutual obligations, which require jobseeker recipients to prove that they have applied for a certain number of jobs in order to continue to receive welfare payments. But she said the contentious system would remain, despite criticism from some welfare advocates. Mutual obligations have been a feature in the system for a long time. [They] play a really important role. It is part of the social contract that, if you’re receiving income support ... and you’re able to work, you do take steps to find a job. What I think is being commented on, where I do agree, is that there’s no point in