job seekers allowance

June_Rosemarie_Jones

My 18 year old daughter has until recently been claiming job seeker allowance. She has just started a 6 week training course, at the end of this period; if she passes the exams involved will result in her becoming employed. The course is held in the South of England where as she lives in North Wales, therefore she has to find accommodation and live for the full six weeks but can no longer claim job seeker allowance because she cannot sign on each fortnight. Surely she should be entitled to some financial help, i.e. travelling expenses, accommodation in order for her to accomplish this lengthy form of job seeking. Can anyone help?

geordieracer

Have you asked the job centre about this? I know they will help with costs of travelling to interviews so mayb ethey will help in this case... Or what about the place she is doing the training for - caan they lend her the money then take it out of her wages after
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Premier_2

What type of training course is it? Is it specific to an employer or a general one that would cover any employer in that sector?

If it's a general one, don't bank on her being employed.

If it's a specific one to the company, has she asked the company about payment? Expecting someone to travel miles and get accommodation for the 6 weeks in the hope of getting a job with a specific employer is a bit much; the employer should be paying for this if it is specialist training they require.

Back to the old adage, it's best to look for employers that pay employees, rather than employers who expect employees to pay to work for them.