jsa for 18 year olds

relic

Timalay wrote: »

Well i'm not unemployed, but I did go through 4 years of hell being so.

Where abouts in the country do you live?

Four years of not being able to find a part time, temp, contract job or even to re-train? I would have moved out of that area a long time ago!

Timalay

I live in Suffolk, and some of it was partly my fault, but I did go and train at residential training college for people who have disabilities for a year.

But that's in the past now

MichaelCR

You can claim JSA from 16 onwards.

Obviously you have to provide evidence that you are actively seeking employment, By filling in a ES4 or something diary each 2 weeks. Job centers these days are quite helpful when you are signing on for JSA and do provide alot of help when it comes to looking for a job. Unforetunaly i've been on and off JSA over the last year (Probably 2 months in total of claims i've made). Don't worry about what people may say either, JSA is there for a reason, To help pay for the basics whist you are out of work, People may say negative things towards you, Like me I'm guessing your parents paid into the system all of there life, Like myself i've paid quite alot into the system.

If you're unsure then give Jobseeker Direct or who ever deals with JSA claims a call.

Good luck to your son in finding a job.

iamana1ias

MichaelCR wrote: »

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, Like me I'm guessing your parents paid into the system all of there life, Like myself i've paid quite alot into the system.

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A). Doubt they paid in as babies/toddlers/children/teenagers ("all of their lives")
. They've certainly taken out all their lives with education for them and their children, healthcare for them and their children, child benefit and for the last 14 years with tax credits and god knows what other handouts.
C). On a previous thread the OP stated he and his wife earn £25k between them. They dont pay tax on around half of that, and then 20% on the rest. So they pay in around £2400 per annum. I wonder what they actually cost the state in return

Oldernotwiser

MichaelCR wrote: »

You can claim JSA from 16 onwards.

Young people of 16 and 17 can only claim JSA in specific circumstances such as estrangement from their parents.

dickydonkin

tubby210 wrote: »

I dont think there is any need for your comments, I only asked a question

Hi tubby

As soon as I seen your original post - I just knew the incoming flak from the prolific posters who just wish to slag of anyone who is out of work - irrespective of their circumstances - would inundate this thread - and I was right.

These same people always seem to ask irrelevant sarcastic questions as opposed to providing practical and constructive answers.

You asked a simple reasonable question - you got hammered for asking it.

I suspect the majority of those very people have not been out of work or experienced jobseeking in the current climate.

If these people could see the real world through their rose tinted spectacles, they will see that job prospects for 18 year olds is bleak - even worse than the rest of the unemployed.

Just shows the ignorance of some people!

dark_lady

Perhaps some of these shops and factories have got freebie workers there on these "work for your benefit" schemes. They are not going to take on an inexperienced young person and have to pay him a wage when they can get someone who is maybe in their late twenties with a bit more experience in previous jobs but who has been signing on for six months, for FREE on the Mandatory Work Activity scheme.

Oldernotwiser

dickydonkin wrote: »

I suspect the majority of those very people have not been out of work or experienced jobseeking in the current climate.

If these people could see the real world through their rose tinted spectacles, they will see that job prospects for 18 year olds is bleak - even worse than the rest of the unemployed.
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Perhaps some of the people who are in work are in this position because their parents didn't encourage them to claim benefits the second they left school!

And, by the way,working is just as much part of the "real world" as being unemployed!

dickydonkin

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Perhaps some of the people who are in work are in this position because their parents didn't encourage them to claim benefits the second they left school!

And, by the way,working is just as much part of the "real world" as being unemployed!

Indeed it is - I don't dispute that for one minute.

My gripe is too many people assume that just because there is an industrial estate at the bottom of the street - there will be an abundance of job vacancies.

Sadly, the reality is that those very same factories will be downsizing as opposed to recruiting.

I despise the benefit culture like many others on here and until the system rectifies the situation where you are better off on benefits than working, then unfortunately many young people will never experience work, although it is not just young people who now rely on benefits as there is just no incentive to gain employment.

Where it is legally possible to get money for nothing, then it is hardly surprising that such a system will be abused - but let's not forget that there are lots of benefits other than unemployment related that are paid to wealthy recipients - however, it seems to be the unemployed who bears the brunt of resentment by the usual cliques on this forum.

Means test and restructure the benefit system by all means - I wish they would - provided it is carried out right across the board and encompasses child benefits, council tax benefits, etc.

But that action is a vote loser for the government of the day so it is inevitable that they will target jobseekers who even have to sign a contract to receive their benefits.

System

dark_lady wrote: »

Perhaps some of these shops and factories have got freebie workers there on these "work for your benefit" schemes. They are not going to take on an inexperienced young person and have to pay him a wage when they can get someone who is maybe in their late twenties with a bit more experience in previous jobs but who has been signing on for six months, for FREE on the Mandatory Work Activity scheme.

Well at least if he ends up on jSA he'll be eligible for such schemes