oh has finally got a new job, what now?

chrissiethechippy

After being laid off over a year oh has finally got a new job :j he has had countless interviews, competition here is crazy when it comes to jobs!

The Job centre was next to useless when he last went to sign on and he asked about job grants and what would happen regarding benefits!

I read that we should get a back to work grant of £250 as we have children and a 4 week run on of housing benefit and council benefit.

Do we get a run on of normal benefits for the 4 weeks too? I'm a bit panicked about not having any money to live on, especially over christmas! I'm guessing it will be at least a month until oh gets his first pay in the bank...

Oh has his induction on the 8th, but hasn't been told what his offical starting date is yet. He had to do the new deal programme in the summer (what a joke that was! but that's another thread altogether ), I was a bit worried that it might mess up the claim to the run ons where they had to change the benefits over?


any advice regarding the run ons would be greatly appriciated

DX2

chrissiethechippy wrote: »

I read that we should get a back to work grant of £250 as we have children.
Nothing to do with children it's called a Job Grant.


Do we get a run on of normal benefits for the 4 weeks too?

No
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Employedorlookingforwork/DG_10013908

tinktinktinkerbell

its not 250 job grant its 100 quid

and normal benefit what do you mean by that?

custardy

aw tink,i thought you had started this thread

tinktinktinkerbell

*yawn*

like you deserve to know when we get a job :rotfl:

dmg24

tinktinktinkerbell wrote: »

its not 250 job grant its 100 quid

and normal benefit what do you mean by that?

Wrong - in the OP's circumstances it is £250.

tinktinktinkerbell

dmg24 wrote: »

Wrong - in the OP's circumstances it is £250.

is that cause shes got a kid?

Loopy_Girl

tinktinktinkerbell wrote: »

is that cause shes got a kid?

Correct.

OP - congrats to your hubby...must be a relief

chrissiethechippy

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

Correct.

OP - congrats to your hubby...must be a relief

Thank you, it is a great relief I don't know whay some people think people on benefits have it so good, it's bloody horrible! Not somewhere I wish to go ever again.

I know it might seem like I'm trying to grab every penny can get regarding the run ons, but we do have 2 children and a ss who comes to stay around christmas, so we can't be stuck without money for the essentials, food, gas and electric, everything else can wait.

Does anyone know if the benefits (JSA) will run on for the 4 weeks like the housing and council tax benefit?

I should wait to phone the job centre I guess, I'm just impatient and like to know where we will be this time next month, I can't stand not being able to plan money, something I've got very good at with having none this past year

DX2

chrissiethechippy wrote: »

Does anyone know if the benefits (JSA) will run on for the 4 weeks like the housing and council tax benefit?

As I said in my other post no they won't.

chrissiethechippy

DX2 wrote: »

As I said in my other post no they won't.

Sorry, I thought you meant no to the job grant. Thank you for taking the time to reply again.

Guess we'll have to save up a bit this week as it will be our last payment as it is every 2 weeks