Advice on jobseekers

marksoton

amyg wrote: »

My husband is currently a self employed builder although with the credit crunch etc he is slowly losing trade and what trade he does have he is having trouble getting them to pay upon completion. Tribunals take months to actually get the money back and by that time we will probably be bankrupt anyway!

We have worked out that if he gives up work, and we take our daughter out of nursery and i continue to work full time then we will actually be a lot better off. Our daughter is only 3 and will not start nursery until Sept of this year when my husband would be able to return to work as i work flexible hours.

Therefore we are considering him claiming JSA and staying at home to look after my daughter, although we're concerned as to what would happen with my daughter whilst he is out of work, we were told he will have to attend job interviews and 2 week courses etc although we have no other childcare and with nursery costing almost £700 a month it is no longer an option to keep her in there.

Can anyone with young children on JSA where one parent works advise as to what happens?

Many thanks

Has your husband tried agencies ? Most require you to be self employed and some sectors of construction are still doing ok. Depending on what trade he is there may be scope to move into a different sector. The rates paid are very good still and the fact he is already self employed should make the transition seamless.