16 year old nephew landed on us

scooby1001

Quite often 16/17 years olds are put into supported lodgeings rather than a hostal because of their age(at least they do in my area). His parents would have to write a letter stating that they are not willing to have him back.

Woofles

I wish I could offer more practical advice, but one idea that did come to me is that the YMCA help a lot of homeless young people in similar situations to your nephew. I regret I am not familiar with the Peak district but a quick google did find a site for Derbyshire

http://www.ymcaderbyshire.org.uk/

there is a telephone number, perhaps a call to them may be worthwhile, even if no immediate help is available I'm sure they may be able to give you some practical advice.

Penny-Pincher!!

robin_banks wrote: »

There just happens to be a major recession atm, and this boy has no work experience so I venture to suggest that your 'remedy ' whilst well meaning I'm sure is somewhat facile.

You can save the indignant reply.

How is my reply indignant ....I asked a perfectly acceptable question!

I also stated that SS have a duty to him as he is under 18 and vulnerable.

Do you have anything constructive to help the OP?

OP-You are lovely people to be taking him on with limited housing and budgets yourselves. Could you take on a couple more cleaning jobs and get him to help?

All the best.

PP
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jembie

When my sister was 16 she was put on a scheme through the job centre where she would get JSA but she had to do a work placement in a charity shop.

Our parents died when she was 13 and I was a 24 yr old widow with a toddler and a baby. Our 20 yr old sister tried hard to be a mother and a father to her but it was difficult. I took them in for 2 years but as she got older I couldn't cope with her any longer and it didn't seem fair for her to go on sharing a room with her baby nephew.

We were advised that there was a local housing project for 16-25s and she got a placement in one of their shared houses. She did have to move a couple of times due to the errrm shall we say undesirable housemates but she made some good friends and the independence was the best thing that ever happened to her.

Incidentally she is now the deputy manager of the charity shop where she was sent on her work placement and she is fantastic at her job

Oldernotwiser

I don't know whether it's convenient to you but there's a foyer in South Derbyshire.


Swadlincote Area Office, Plummer Road, Swadlincote, South Derbyshire DE11 0RG
Tel

zappster1966

Have him register with Connexions/Career's Service. Then get him to claim Jobseeker's Allowance on the grounds of Severe Hardship. A specialist officer will interview him to establish the risk to the lad's health & safety if benefit is not awarded. The Job Centre should be told that he will be evicted from your own home if benefit is not awarded, because you simply don't have the money to keep him. That should work, hopefully, and he'll have benefit awarded for a period.

It's a bit extreme & I know eviction is the very last thing you'd ever consider. But it's the only way the lad will qualify for Jobseeker's Allowance.

It's not an ideal start to his adult life though. He'd be better off in work, hopefully that'll bring him some stability in what must be a very difficult time in his life. All the best to you all.

Edit. He'll need to emphasise estrangement from his parents (no contact whatever) & that he has no income from any source (including you), here's a link to the DWP advisers guidance on Severe Hardship Cases, I can't vouch for its current accuracy because I haven't dealt with under 18's for 7 or 8 years now, but in general terms it is as I remember it.

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/advisers/jsa-16-17-severe-hardship.pdf

Oldernotwiser

scooby1001 wrote: »

Quite often 16/17 years olds are put into supported lodgeings rather than a hostal because of their age(at least they do in my area). His parents would have to write a letter stating that they are not willing to have him back.

Our foster son went into a hostel when he had to leave home and it was a very pleasant, homely setup, perfectly suitable for a 16 year old, the same age as our son was at the time.

NASA_2

zappster1966 wrote: »

Have him register with Connexions/Career's Service. Then get him to claim Jobseeker's Allowance on the grounds of Severe Hardship. A specialist officer will interview him to establish the risk to the lad's health & safety if benefit is not awarded. The Job Centre should be told that he will be evicted from your own home if benefit is not awarded, because you simply don't have the money to keep him. That should work, hopefully, and he'll have benefit awarded for a period.

It's a bit extreme & I know eviction is the very last thing you'd ever consider. But it's the only way the lad will qualify for Jobseeker's Allowance.

It's not an ideal start to his adult life though. He'd be better off in work, hopefully that'll bring him some stability in what must be a very difficult time in his life. All the best to you all.

Good advice there.

mariacallous

zappster1966 wrote: »

Have him register with Connexions/Career's Service. Then get him to claim Jobseeker's Allowance on the grounds of Severe Hardship. A specialist officer will interview him to establish the risk to the lad's health & safety if benefit is not awarded. The Job Centre should be told that he will be evicted from your own home if benefit is not awarded, because you simply don't have the money to keep him. That should work, hopefully, and he'll have benefit awarded for a period.

It's a bit extreme & I know eviction is the very last thing you'd ever consider. But it's the only way the lad will qualify for Jobseeker's Allowance.

It's not an ideal start to his adult life though. He'd be better off in work, hopefully that'll bring him some stability in what must be a very difficult time in his life. All the best to you all.

Edit. He'll need to emphasise estrangement from his parents (no contact whatever) & that he has no income from any source (including you), here's a link to the DWP advisers guidance on Severe Hardship Cases, I can't vouch for its current accuracy because I haven't dealt with under 18's for 7 or 8 years now, but in general terms it is as I remember it.

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/advisers/jsa-16-17-severe-hardship.pdf

We tried to do that already and he had an interview but their decision was "no" as "severe hardship" only counts if you are estranged from all members of your family, not just parents. If we evict him they will take it from there but while he is living here and I am his blood aunt, he cannot get anything and neither can we unless he is at college or gets a job. It looks like we have to evict him or just find the way of paying for him until things change.

baza52

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Our foster son went into a hostel when he had to leave home and it was a very pleasant, homely setup, perfectly suitable for a 16 year old, the same age as our son was at the time.

He HAD to leave home? did you son have to leave too?