Please help, im confused

batfastard

Hi. My Daughter has decided to give up her further education in tec as she was finding the work too difficult.

Without going into too much detail, she currently lives with her mother and as she classes her stepdad with me paying maintenance through csa for some 13 years. Daughter 17 next b'day

When she went to see about jobseekers etc she was told that she was too young? and because there is someone in the house working full time, she would not be entitled to anything.

According to our local ss office website(N.Ireland) she can claim from 16 yrs old

Can anyone shed some light on this as there is bound to be something she can get. Cant be expected to go to interviews etc with no money.

Many thanks;)

LittleVoice

When I left full-time education (after completing the course rather than giving up), neither my nor my parents' first throught was of claiming unemployment benefit.

I had done a Saturday job for a short while and saved what I earned from that. My parents helped with fares while I looked for work.

Why should the state be paying for this? Are you suddenly unable to help financially?

Oldernotwiser

As she is only 16, it's her parents' responsibility to keep her, with help from the state (CTC/CB) whilst she'd in education. I hope that her mother has informed the authorities that your daughter is no longer in education, or she'll have large amounts of arrears to repay.

In your situation I would be putting my energies into helping her get a job, rather than to claim benefits.

paulwellerfan

some one correct me if i am wrong but i was under the impression that young people could not claim any benefits ( jsa) until they were 18.
or estranged from their parents.

tigerlily

Have to say I have the same opinion as the posters above. I left school at 16 after doing GCSE's. It didnt even occour to me to get into the "benefit trap" at all. As some of the others have said, there will be a job out there that she can do. OK it might not be a job she enjoys ( how many of us have that luxury!!) but in my opinion its for her to get on with it, part of growing up. Without casting aspersions on your daughter at all, it does seem to be the case that so many people these days have notion that they are owed money without doing anything for it! Drives me INSANE!!! Rant over!

lynzpower

Can anyone shed some light on this as there is bound to be something she can get. Cant be expected to go to interviews etc with no money.

No offence here but isnt that what parents are for?

When I was 14 I delivered freesheets- mum used to drive me into the village with the bundles of papers and f it was raining occasionally she would help ( as I think she felt quite sorry for me only making 3.50 for 5 hours work )

After that at 15 I started working at a clothes shop in manchester, drove me into town so I could get the interview. They also paid for my photocopying and helped me with my CV to make sure I started off right. They sometimes drove me if I started before the buses ( around Xmas I started working from 6am in the shop)

When I was 16 i started working at tescos and I worked days and nights there , whatever hours I could get my hands on. again they helped pick me up if I was doing funny hours.

I think my parents saw these inconveniences as something that they have to do to put the finishing touches to the adult that they had created. I dont understand why some people think the state should parent thier kids??

rant over

tigerlily

lynzpower wrote: »

No offence here but isnt that what parents are for?

When I was 14 I delivered freesheets- mum used to drive me into the village with the bundles of papers and f it was raining occasionally she would help ( as I think she felt quite sorry for me only making 3.50 for 5 hours work )

After that at 15 I started working at a clothes shop in manchester, drove me into town so I could get the interview. They also paid for my photocopying and helped me with my CV to make sure I started off right. They sometimes drove me if I started before the buses ( around Xmas I started working from 6am in the shop)

When I was 16 i started working at tescos and I worked days and nights there , whatever hours I could get my hands on. again they helped pick me up if I was doing funny hours.

I think my parents saw these inconveniences as something that they have to do to put the finishing touches to the adult that they had created. I dont understand why some people think the state should parent thier kids??

rant over

Glad I am not alone in this opinion!
My first job was when I was 13, I started doing the odd cleaning job and a bit of gardening. When I was 15 I got a Saturday job at a florist shop in a nearby village, I lived in a rural area and thought nothing of walking just under 2 miles on my own to catch a bus to work and the reverse in the evening. As I said I left school at 16 and started work in the nearest town so still had the walk to and from the bus stop but instead of once a week it was every day. I saved up, learnt to drive and bought an old banger for a couple of hundered quid ( myrtle the B reg metro R.I.P!! lol) and the rest is history!
I have only just got to my 30's so it wasnt that long ago before anything is said about the world being a more dangerous place now, it always was you just hear more on the news these days!

batfastard

Guys Im sorry to say that you all seemed to have judged me wrong. You are replying to a man who unlike some people i could mention, has paid his maintenence every month for nearing Thirteen years without question. You lot seemed to think everyone who posts a question like the one i did, dont want to put their hand in their pocket to help their kids at all. Shame on you!!

I am simply asking for advice, i dont need lectures from anyone. I can assure you all that my Daughter will not have to do without anything while im about. Dont even want to comment on any help her Mother wont give.

So dont be so quick to jump on your high horses and get all 'you should do this and you should do that' especally to someone who goes by the book.

Yes i agree she should be getting a job, something i will keep reminding her.

I think from no on i will stick to the friendlier parts of the forum and let the higher than mighty among you fight among yourselves

Oldernotwiser

Well, why enquire about benefits then if you're going to be providing for her?

Sues48

Basically, there is no entitlement to JSA under the age of 18, only hardship payments and the criteria for receiving these is pretty strict, usually need to estranged from parents or parents are unable to support due to being on benefits themselves.