JSA sanction - 18, pregnant,lives alone- help!

Loopy_Girl

lovetowinacar wrote: »

for a temporary job in a shop a small bump would not cause a problem.... boots do have other staff who are pregnant

Indeed...which is exactly what I have said if you care to read posts from me in this thread.

I was merely correcting your dating date error;)

lovetowinacar

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

Indeed...which is exactly what I have said if you care to read posts from me in this thread.

I was merely correcting your dating date error;)

yes I see I said 18 weeks and she is 21 weeks - a 3 week difference in size only another 19 weeks to go!

Boots are one of the better companies and will employ pregnant women and for a temporary job as well :cool:

Anyway back to the OP - tell the jobcentre she applied - let her use your PC for future online only apps so that she meets criteria if she doesn't get a job and then when the baby arrives - no problem with the claim for income support, housing benefit etc

In the meantime can she move back in with you for the few weeks of sanctions - yes a lack of space but warm and food? It cannot have been too nice living with an abusive/violent alcoholic ex so a bit of a cramped space for a few weeks until her benefits are sorted and she will probably qualify for backdated monies so can let you have food money back then

mitch161

i have read this and see both sides of the story. maybe at the time of conception the relationship was strong. but when being told the guy was gonna become a father, he didnt like the idea and done some nasty stuff to get out of it.

i would suggest the daughter move in with the soon to be gran and both support each other.

in a few months time the daughter wont be able to work because of maternal reasons. giving birth etc. and if she has no support now and struggling now, how will she manage when the baby arrises. let me guess, benefits!!

gran, its time to take her under your wing again and look after her until she can get back to work.

just because she is pregnant does not mean she SHOULD get her own house fully paid. it should be if there is no room with parents.

i do not like the idea of a house for every pregnant mother. after all if she works gran should babysit the baby so baby mother and gran should live together. if daughter is not working then daughter should not claim JSA.

some people should not claim benefits just to live the good life. benefits should be there as a last resort.

i am a large male but i do have hormones running through my veins. and if my GF even called me fat i wouldnt have sex with her. if her ex was violent she should have dumped him, refused sex, walk away.

yes its hard to say after the fact. but now in this situation its time she learns what needs to be done, the harse truth.

for health and safety grounds a office job is what your daughter should apply for and would most likely get accepted for. already being pregnant, most employers think, hmm employee someone who will go through some training and then be a asset to the business. or someone who will go through training and then take maternity pay. and then not return due to having to look after baby.

your daughter should not be applying for JSA. not till after the birth. she should have asked for a hardship payment as i dont think she is looking for a job, just after money.

gran sit your daughter down and seriously tell her to give up the flat she is not independant enough to live their. live with you until she can get a job after birth when she can get enough wages to pay for her own child care.

dont rely on the benefits or she will never get off them. benefits should be a short term, last resort.

i dislike how some people have to survive on £45 when so many others have income support ESA child allowance, child tax credit, milk tokens and housing benefit. totalling £500 a week, and have no intention of working till the child is 5.

gran support your daughter, your gas heats your house your electricity lights your house, 1 or 3 people the costs are the same. having your daughter their on part time work until maternity, or on hardship payment will be more beneficial for both of you

she is not mentally mature enough to be independant or she would have got a job, a decent sweet guy and birth control until the wedding night.

if she cannot look after her sexual welfare to protect herself or look after herself to ditch the violent ex before conception then she should not be independant in her home.

she needs a job, a guy, and stability before she gets the house. until then gran i think youshould support her more then tax payers. thats the downside of parenthood. you cant just kick them out at 16 and say fly away dont come back. their yours for life, not just for christmas.

sorry im normally a sweet guy, but if someone cant support themselves they have to change their circumstances.

just moving into a house 4 weeks ago..... she should never have moved into a empty home jobless, and pregnant.

my advice would have been different if she already had a job and boyfriend and lived in the home.. but no moving into a new home after the problems arisen that is using the system. she knew day one of getting the keys she had no way of paying the second months rent. thats not right at all

seven-day-weekend

piglet25 wrote: »

I have been giving her food and putting money in her meters for the past two weeks, however, due to my own circumstances I can't afford to keep paying two lots of heating and electric bills.
I don't understand how the jobcenter can basically tell someone that they can go and live without food or heating and electricity for five weeks because they didn't submit an application form in the correct format. What are the chances of Boots, or any other company, employing some who was 18 weeks (at that time) pregnant anyway? She had applied for numerous other jobs and surprisingly not even had a reply.
Is there an appeals process for this decision as she hasn't even recieved the letter yet from the jobcentre? And if there is does anyone know the best way to appeal their decision?

The Benefit is called JOBSEEKERS' Allowance and therefore one of the reqirements is to seek a job. This is what you have to do to get the allowance.

She didn't submit the application in the correct format. Surely this is an easy enough thing to do? It won't be much good if she is at work if her boss asks her to send a fax and she sends an e-mail.

So therefore I don't think there is anything to appeal against.

As for her Housing Benefit, this will continue, it is not dependent upon receiving another Benefit.

DX2

mitch161 wrote: »

i have read this

Judging from your comments it's perfectly clear you haven't read the thread.