Can't claim JSA for 13 weeks .....

markus2010

Hi - I'm doing Volunteer work for 12 hours a week for the admin experience to put on my CV, I want to sign off the JSA because my advisors have been quite rude to me recently & non helpful.

Surely there must be some help I'd recieve, I suffer from migraines & have had agoraphobia in the past & have had both coming back but I'm kind off against using these for excuses.

karenx

If you are activly seeking employment you can claim JSA. If you want to do voluntary work and not claim JSA then there isnt anything else as this is your choice to do it.
There is DLA if you have care or motibilty needs but migraines wouldnt count

markus2010

So I have to live on my savings then for 13 weeks?

surely a law must exist stating that you must have some help.

last time I checked agoraphobia & migraines was a medical condition,

karenx

Yes its a condition but to get DLA you must have care or motobility needs. Do you need help to do things everyday?
You can claim ESA but you may need to get put through a medical

Lady_gaga

they are but if your going out to do voloiuntary work it could be argued that your agoraphobia isn't stopping you from functioning normaly?
you can't have it all ways

dmg24

The agoraphobia appears to have returned as a result of being told to go on a thirteen week New Deal course!

markus2010

Hi - toni650 -
your as rude as my advisor - I'm not going back the jsa - I want to get the experience for my CV then get work.

thanks for the non help, people who make jokes about the agoraphobia should try it for themselves, being shut in a room for 13 weeks would bring it back, the past 2 in that room has brought it back to me & its not good.

Lady_gaga

your hardly shut in a room for 13 weeks!! drama queen much?
now it just looks like your making excuses not to go, your loss I guess...

markus2010

if you call looking at 4 walls for 7 hours a day being a drama queen then so be it.

than ks for help everyone - know where to come next time.

Jowo_2

markus2010 wrote: »

... I want to sign off the JSA because my advisors have been quite rude to me recently & non helpful.

Either remain on JSA ...

and/or find out how to make a formal complaint about the staff

and/or apply for a health/sickness related benefit.

Is your agoraphobia triggered when you are out of the house for long periods or do you also suffer it during your voluntary experience, too?

Are you receiving any support or treatment for it? Have you joined any local or national support groups for it, such as the following?

http://www.anxietyaction.co.uk/

healy

markus2010 wrote: »

Hi - toni650 -
your as rude as my advisor - I'm not going back the jsa - I want to get the experience for my CV then get work.

thanks for the non help, people who make jokes about the agoraphobia should try it for themselves, being shut in a room for 13 weeks would bring it back, the past 2 in that room has brought it back to me & its not good.

I thought agoraphobia was about a fear of going outside. If you are stuck in a room it should not be a problem.