Help Please: Interview with DWP Compliance Officer

paulofessex

I think it is important to note that although it may or may not excuse the OP's actions surely those who have/had dealing with the DWP and BA know that it is not as easy as it sounds to just gain advice from them without it having dire affects to one's claim.
The DWP advisors, when you sign on, are time limited as to how long they have to deal with you during your visit. This new 'One Stop Shop' image just does not live up to it's name. When l had an episode of signing, the advisor claimed he wasn't even able to access the system to change my contact telephone number. Career advice, have you tried to obtain this from the DWP...no chance. It is my opinion from my encounters in the past and a few friends who have been registered with the DWP, you are just statistic, you are more or less forced to go on training schemes where the schemes don't really care about your progress as long as you have registered correctly so they get their money. Have you tried to make an appointment to see an advisor for advice, other than when they call you the 6 monthly reviews?????
Sorry, it seems l may have gone off track from the thread. I just feel its not as easy as some may think it is

aimee0763

music_lad wrote: »

Hi, I really need some good advice. I have been on JSA for over a year now while actively seeking work. I recently got a letter in the post asking me to attend an interview with a DWP Compliance Officer to check whether my circumstances had changed. Does anyone know what I should expect? Has anyone here ever been to one of these?

The reason I am so anxious is because I took up employment for a couple of weeks yet still signed on for JSA at the beginning to help tide me over financially as I had no other means of income until the end of the month. Unfortunately, the job did not work out as my manager seemed hell bent on trying to make my work life impossible...the job and the environment seemed to make my health/disabilities worse (I have been living with a long term terminal illness in addition to severe depression and anxiety for some time now).

I left the job after a few weeks although the employer still paid me at the end of the month. I now feel like I did a stupid thing unintentionally in the midst of the insecurity of not knowing whether the job was going to be conducive to my health. I simply did not know whether the job was going to work out for a number of reasons and it turned out that my intuition was right! Can anyone offer any advice or guidance? I would be extremely grateful!

I thought you are allowed to receive some benefit when you've just start work afterall how the hell do you go to work if your benefit stops it happens to me when i went back to work after my first child my benefit stop luckily my new boss paid for a month travel and the council let me off one month rent which i paid at £10. per month for the arrears and my normal rent i was lucky. It is best to let the dwp know when you start any employment it just save a lot of hassle please don't worry we all make mistake the most they will do is to tell you to pay it back which you can paid in instalments.

Don't feel about about anyone shouting FRAUD doesn't all MPs fraud every day.

aimee0763

Vader123 wrote: »

Yes.



Its still fraud. You signed a piece of paper to say you were not working and seeking/available for employment. Having a disability and stress does not exclude you from these obligations.

What you should have done was speak to the DWP, there are "run-on" benefits and "back to work" incentives that could have helped. Plus there were loans you could have taken. Instead you chose to sign on and commit fraud.



Then get some support. You don't mention what your disabilities and health conditions are, but there is support there.



Your being a victim again.

You did make a mistake, you committed benefit fraud.

A mistake you have made no effort to rectify since you made it, only a compliance visit has made you stop and think about what you have done.



Have you? Only on here. From what I have read you have not admitted it to the DWP. Thats who really count, not my opinion.



Your the victim again?!

Look. You have been given advice on here (not just from me) to be up front and honest. Your mitigating circumstances might work in your favour.

Vader

Please be aware MPs fraud everyday I am not saying the OP is correct for what he's done he is a poor guy trying to earn a living lets target the MPs they earn enough tax payers money it is them we should shout fraud to.

healy

music_lad wrote: »

You don't understand the full extent of what happened. All I said was that I wanted to resume a normal working life...do you fully understand what it's like to cope with more than one disability at a time in addition to the emotional distress this can cause? I was not going to get paid by employer until end of the month...in the meantime I signed on *once* in the meantime to make sure I was not destitute as my intention was to stay in employment. My health/disabilities had a huge impact on the entire situation which inevitably led to me leaving. You make it sound like I should be hung, drawn and quartered for making a stupid mistake. At least I admit to mine. I don't see you admit to being an over judgemental person with bloodlust for punishment.

There is no need to be a drama queen.

Vader is correct. You have committed fraud and you knew what you were doing.
You are just making lame excuses.

As others have said you need to be honest now otherwise it could lead to more trouble for you.

dmg24

aimee0763 wrote: »

Don't feel about about anyone shouting FRAUD doesn't all MPs fraud every day.

Is that supposed to make sense?

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aimee0763 wrote: »

Please be aware MPs fraud everyday I am not saying the OP is correct for what he's done he is a poor guy trying to earn a living lets target the MPs they earn enough tax payers money it is them we should shout fraud to.

YAWN

This excuse for breaking the law is getting old.

Vader123

aimee0763 wrote: »

Please be aware MPs fraud everyday I am not saying the OP is correct for what he's done he is a poor guy trying to earn a living lets target the MPs they earn enough tax payers money it is them we should shout fraud to.

Whenever there is any discussion about fraud, we always get the "But what about the MPs".

Well so what. Just because one group of people did it, does not mean any other group of people can get away with it.

The OP has advice. It was just not what they wanted to hear.

Vader