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Help you may be able to get if you are thinking of starting work
- If
you have been working part time and your income-based Job
Seeker’s Allowance or Income Support stops because
of work: Back to Work Bonus
- If
you get child maintenance and your income based JSA or Income
Support stops because of work: Child Maintenance Bonus
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If you are a lone parent and your Income Support or income-based
JSA stops because of work: Lone
Parent’s Benefit
Run-on
- If you have been getting Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit
and your income-based JSA or Income Support stops because
of work: Extended
Payment of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
- If you are sick or disabled and are thinking of working: Sick or
disabled
- If you are aged 25 or over and moving into full-time work after
a year or more in receipt of JSA, Income Support, Incapacity
Benefit, or Severe Disablement Allowance or any combination of these: Job
Grant
- If you would like to try out a job working for 16 hours or more
a week: Employment on Trial
- If you are thinking of starting your own business: Business Start
Up
If
you want to know about one-to-one help you can get looking
for a job: New Deal
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Back to Work Bonus
A one-off payment of up to £1000
if certain benefits stop because of work.
Have you or your partner:
- Been
getting Income Support or JSA?
- Been
working <16 hours a week (<24 hrs for your
partner)?
- Stopped getting benefit because of an increase in the number of
hours worked or the amount earned?
The amount you can get is based on the amount of your part-time
earnings from day 92 of your claim for Income Support or JSA onwards.
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Child Maintenance Bonus
A bonus for people who receive child
maintenance and leave benefit to start work. It is a one-off
payment of up to £1000.
Have you or your partner:
- Care of a child who you get child
maintenance for? This includes payment decided by a court order
or the Child Support Agency,
and voluntary payments?
- Been getting Income Support or income-based JSA?
- Stopped getting benefit because you have started
work, increased
the number of hours you already work or the amount you earn?
The amount that you can get builds up while you are on benefit
and getting maintenance. The new work or increase in earnings or
hours must start within 14 days of your benefit stopping. You must
claim Child Maintenance Bonus within 28 days of your benefit stopping.
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Lone Parent’s Benefit Run-on
An extra 2 weeks benefit if you have been getting Income Support
or income-based JSA. You may also be able to carry on getting Housing
Benefit and Council Tax Benefit for another 2 weeks. You do not
need to claim as the payment is automatic.
Have You:
- Been getting Income Support or
income-based JSA for at least 26 weeks?
- Been a lone parent for those 26 weeks?
- Started work or increased the number of hours that you already
work to more than 16 hours a week?
- Started work that is expected to last at least 5 weeks?
The amount that you will get will be the amount of Income Support
or income-based JSA you would have got if you had got if you had
not started work.
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Extended payment of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
The rules are the same for both of these benefits. You can carry
on getting these benefits for an extra 4 weeks at the amount you
have been getting if certain benefits stop because of work. There
is no need to claim as this payment is automatic.
Have you or your partner:
- Been getting JSA, Income Support
or both for at least 26 weeks?
- Stopped getting income-based JSA or Income Support because you
have started work, increased the number of hours
you work or your wages have increased?
- Started work that you expect to last 5 weeks or more?
You
must tell your Social Security office or Jobcentre about your
change in circumstances within 4 weeks of starting work.
If you
have been getting Lone Parent’s Run-on for 2 weeks, you
will automatically be able to get Housing Benefit and Council
tax Benefit
extended for another 2 weeks.
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Sick or Disabled
Incapacity Benefit
Severe Disablement allowance
Income Support
Housing Benefit
Council Tax Benefit
- If
you are getting one of these benefits because you are sick
or disabled
- If you start work but have to go back onto benefit
If you start work or training, will you:
- Have
been sick for at least 28 weeks?
- Start work or training within 7 days of getting one
of these
benefits?
If YES to both, you may be able to protect your benefit for up
to 52 weeks.
This means that if you have to stop working within 52 weeks and
your other circumstances stay the same, you may be able to go back
onto the same benefit, at the same amount.
If you start work or training, let
the DSS know straight away. To protect your benefit, you must
tell them you have started work
or training within one month of the day you start. If your partner
got extra money for you on income-based JSA, this may also be covered
by the 52 week protection. You cannot get protection if your benefit
stopped because of a medical test.
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Job Grant
£100 tax-free payment if you
are going into full-time work. You must be 25 or over and starting
work that you expect
to last
5 weeks or more.
Have you:
- Been
getting Income Support, JSA, Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement
Allowance or a combination of these benefits for
at least 52 weeks?
Lone Parents will not be able to get Job Grant, but may be able
to get Lone Parent's Benefit Run-on.
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Mortgage Interest Run-on
You can carry on getting help with
your mortgage or housing costs for an extra 4 weeks at the
amount you have been getting. If certain
benefits stop because of work. There is no need to claim as the
payment is automatic.
Have you or your partner:
- Been
getting Income Support or income-based JSA for at least 26
weeks?
- Been getting help with your mortgage or housing costs and still
have to make these payments when you start work?
- Started full-time work that you expect to last 5 weeks or
more?
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52 week linking
- Confidence
to try a new job if you are not sure it will last, and are
concerned it will be difficult to claim help towards your
mortgage or home loan interest again if the job ends.
For people who stopped getting help towards their mortgage or
home loan interest because they started full-time work, approved
training, or New Deal or Employment Zone work options, and
who need to claim again within 52 weeks of starting their new
work
or training.
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Employment on Trial
Giving you confidence to start a new job - even if you are not
sure it will work out.
Are you:
- Out
of work and looking for a job?
- Prepared to try out a new job but are concerned about how it
will work out?
You must not have done any paid
work in the 13 weeks before starting your new job. You must
not have been a full-time student or in
full-time education in the 13 weeks before starting your new job.
Employment on Trial only applies if you are in work for more than
4 weeks, but not more than 12 weeks. If you give up your job during
this period, your JSA will not be reduced because you left your
job voluntarily. You will still have to claim JSA again when you
finish your job. If you are in work, do not leave your job until
you have asked the Jobcentre how this may affect your JSA.
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Rapid Re-claim
Confidence to try a new job if you are not sure it will last,
and are concerned it will be difficult to claim benefit again if
the job ends. For people who stopped getting Income Support or
JSA because they started work, and who need to claim again within
12 weeks of your benefit stopping. Your circumstances must be the
same as when your benefit stopped. You will not have to fill in
a full claim form. You can use a shorter Rapid Re-claim form.
Business Start Up
Help setting up your own business.
Are you:
- Unemployed?
- Thinking of starting your own business?
There
are many different schemes including New Deal. Schemes are
run by organisations like Enterprise Agencies, local councils,
the Prince's Trust, Chambers of Commerce and others. The rules
depend on the particular scheme. You can also get more information
from Business Links.
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New Deal
Individually tailored practical help and support to improve your
job prospects. Different schemes to suit your circumstances. Under
the New Deal you will have a personal adviser who will help you
to look for a job. There are Disability Employment Advisers for
people with a disability.
New Deal for Young People
Are You:
- Aged
18 to 24?
- Claiming
JSA and you have been unemployed for 6 months or more?
New Deal for people aged 25 plus
Are you:
- Aged
25 or over?
- Claiming
JSA and have been unemployed for 2 years or more?
New Deal for Lone Parents
Are you:
- A
lone parent?
- Getting Income Support?
- Thinking of starting work?
New Deal for Partners
Have you:
- Been
getting JSA for 6 months or more?
- Been claiming for a partner?
Or are you:
- The
partner of someone who has been getting JSA for 6 months
or more
They use partner here to mean a person you are married to or a
person you live with as if you are married to them.
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For
more information or if you would like to talk to someone
at the Advice Centre, please feel free to phone (01202
262291), email (info@quayadvice.co.uk)
or call in to the Quay Advice Centre (map)
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