End of child benefit

angi1234

My daughter is 17 and left college and not working . I have notified the child benefit and tax credit people and told I will continue to get the benefit for 20 weeks. I am wondering what happens then if she cannot find employment.
I have worked it out I will loose £20 CHILD BENEFIT, £49 TAX CREDIT AND ABOUT £10 HOUSING BENEFIT. Thats £79 a week less in my income as I work part time how am I able to support her as she cannot claim benefit until she is 18 I am told.
Please help

martinthebandit

Tell your daughter to get a job and you get a full time one, you will be quids in

Spendless

You need to find more hours, a f-time job preferably. IME there's far more of them about than p-time jobs. If not another p-time job which is workable around your existing one. You will have far more available hours in which you can do a job than when your DD was younger.

If the reason you are working p-time is due to ill-health you need to see if you are eligible for any related benefits eg DLA.

Your DD needs to find a job and pay you an amount for her 'keep'.

Lady_gaga

*sigh* yet another thread about losing benefits for a non dependant. You know it's going to happen at some point, can you not work more hours? tell her to get a job and pay keep. If she can't find anything just now I'd be surprised, everywhere is taking on extra staff for christmas.
You sound like she has no intention of getting a job, saying you'll get the benefits for another 20 weeks and that she can't claim until she's 18 in her own right, I'd be making sure she was up every day and at the JC or going into every shop/bar/restaurant/cafe on the high streeet until she finds something.

angi1234

She is trying to find work and sending letter of to all local employers without any luck. Getting work is not easy. I work 28 hours a week and cannot do anymore as I have other children to consider.

Lady_gaga

angi1234 wrote: »

She is trying to find work and sending letter of to all local employers without any luck. Getting work is not easy. I work 28 hours a week and cannot do anymore as I have other children to consider.

Why letters? that's a slow process, she's better going round all the local employers in person to show how keen she is to work. If she was to do that she could be working by tomorrow if there are vacancies.
or if she can't find work can she not look after the younger children and let you do more hours?

angi1234

I obviously dont want her to be on benefits Ladyga ga and she has taken letters/CV TO EVERY SHOP in to every shop in 3 shopping centres as well as local shops, She visits job centre and connexions daily and looks on the computer daily . However in our area the shops have said there are 50 applicants for each job so its not that easy even at xmas.

bestpud

My dd was in this situation a couple of years ago, so she volunteered at a local information centre to keep her in a routine and help fill her CV, plus build her confidence.

From this she gained an apprenticeship with our local council and is now working full time within the council.

Tell her to seek voluntary work in whatever field she wants to work in - it looks good, gives her a reference and it's often a step in the door.

Also, make sure she knows how to explain her college drop out positively, as that will make a big difference at interviews.

She needs to register with Connexions to get the benefit run on - just in case you aren't aware of that.

Lady_gaga

angi1234 wrote: »

I obviously dont want her to be on benefits Ladyga ga and she has taken letters/CV TO EVERY SHOP in to every shop in 3 shopping centres as well as local shops, She visits job centre and connexions daily and looks on the computer daily . However in our area the shops have said there are 50 applicants for each job so its not that easy even at xmas.

That's quite unfortunate, 3 shopping centres and every shop in your area and still no luck! not even a Weekend job?

there is no other benefit you can claim to make up for loosing CB/CTC hopefully she'll have managed to find a job by the time the 20 weeks is up...

angi1234

She has been in person to the shops and told to leave letters and CV. When I say she has sent letters these were all hand delivered when she made enquiries in store. People seem to assume we want a life on benefits I have worked constantly since leaving college at 18 - I am now 45, I have only ever recieved Tax Credit and a small amount of Housing Benefit. i work for the local authority on a good hourly rate in childcare. If I were to leave and work more hours in the private sector I would be worse off as wages are usually on the minimum wage. ( yes I have looked into this). As I work for the council my job is under review due to government cuts and all overtime stopped so that is out of the question. I also have a casual job on my day off. And my daughter looks after my son when he comes in from school when I am at work.

Spendless

angi1234 wrote: »

She is trying to find work and sending letter of to all local employers without any luck. Getting work is not easy. I work 28 hours a week and cannot do anymore as I have other children to consider.

Then you won't lose £20 CB as the higher rate will be paid to the eldest eligible child. Instead you'll lose £13.