Not entitled to JSA - I was a carer

winlisa01

tottybum - you posted earlier in reference to people getting paid for caring, many people are unable to work because they are responsible for caring someone close to them. I have a disabled little boy whom requires constant 24 hours care, if he didnt require this level of care then my husband would be able to work much like I work. He does this out of love but do you not think we also require some form of income of 53.00 per week, comparing what he does whom are on JSA or Income Support whom many do not wish to find employment - Your comment wah harsh, unjustifed and unfair?!!!

Now back to the main point of the JSA you should be able to claim a form of income if you are no longer caring for the person and you cannot yet find a job, also if you had a partner working you would have been eligable for tax credits, if not then you should have received an income top up of upto £100.00 per week which would have come via income support. I find it is often whom you speak to at Jobcentre office or via the telephone, do a google search on here for help advice lines whom specialise this, also approach CAB because they may point you in the right direction to get to the bottom of your claim.

winlisa01

TOTTYBUM I encounter some ignorant people but your comments are just simply ridiculous. I would like you to meet people who I know and look after disabled people and children and really find out what it is like to be a carer, until your in that situation I suggest you stop commenting and upsetting people with your untrue and unfounded facts! If carers allowance wasn't available my husband would be in the same situation!!!!!!!! Perhaps it may be worth your while getting involved with some of the people you are talking about and do what they do for just one week!!!!:mad:

mucklebones

I think tottybum is confused over the fact people have mentioned fulltime care and 35 hours. However in reality 35 hours is a minimum amount of care someone who receives carers allowance provides. Quite often it is 24 hour a day care having to see to someones needs day and night. There is no breaks as such either since most people who require that much assistance are most likely to need a watchful eye.
I can clearly understand the OP frustration, once care has come to an end, through either unfortunate death or the person gets well then carers allowance stops and the carer is left jobless and not entitled to receive JSA.

sueturnersmith

winlisa01 wrote: »

TOTTYBUM I encounter some ignorant people but your comments are just simply ridiculous. I would like you to meet people who I know and look after disabled people and children and really find out what it is like to be a carer, until your in that situation I suggest you stop commenting and upsetting people with your untrue and unfounded facts! If carers allowance wasn't available my husband would be in the same situation!!!!!!!! Perhaps it may be worth your while getting involved with some of the people you are talking about and do what they do for just one week!!!!:mad:

Ignore posts by Tottybum! Unfortunately any public forum such as this one will have it's share of trolls, and Tottybum is one of them, and he has had many pseudonyms in the past.

I get HRC and HRM, and need a full time carer. My husband had to give up a well paid job in order to do this, and now his only income is Carers Allowance. He is my rock, and I couldn't manage without him!

ab.da54

p00hsticks wrote: »

and the associated NI credit means that the Carer will at least be entitled to JSA or a pension in their old age, rather than being completely left high and dry once their caring days are over.

This is what I thought. I wonder why, then, the first poster is not entitled to JSA?

Oldernotwiser

Brewman wrote: »

All I am asking for is some recognition and help back into employment. Have you ever worked 35 hours a week for £1.52 per hour ?

To be fair. if you didn't live with someone who supports you (which I assume is the case or you'd get means tested JSA) you'd receive considerably more than £55 pw in the form of IS/HB/LHA/CTC/etc.

Oldernotwiser

ab.da54 wrote: »

This is what I thought. I wonder why, then, the first poster is not entitled to JSA?

NI credits count towards pensions but not other contributions based benefits like jSA.

ab.da54

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

NI credits count towards pensions but not other contributions based benefits like jSA.

Ah, thank you.

So, if the person was entitled to means tested JSA, they would be able to receive it after a period of caring but because the first poster lives with someone earning a high enough level of income, they cannot claim JSA??

Oldernotwiser

ab.da54 wrote: »

Ah, thank you.

So, if the person was entitled to means tested JSA, they would be able to receive it after a period of caring but because the first poster lives with someone earning a high enough level of income, they cannot claim JSA??

Yes, that would be the case.

It seems reasonable to me that you can't get contributions based benefits if you haven't paid contributions.

tottybum

Brewman wrote: »

I do not want financial compensation. All I am asking for is some recognition and help back into employment. Have you ever worked 35 hours a week for £1.52 per hour ?

I'm sorry but I don't understand your problem.

For a start there is no way that you received just £55 a week when you were caring. You must have been receiving some other benefit.


Or you may be married and the family income is above what the government says you need to live on. Or you may have considerable savings.

Why can't you claim JSA - Income Based?

And yes I have worked for less than that!

For over 3 years I worked on a farm, which was a residential home for disabled adults. I worked upwards of 70+ hours a week, over 7 days a week. I even had to work Christmas Day as animals just don't take a day off from eating or needing cleaning out.
I didn't get a penny - it even cost me money in travel costs.

That was the most satisfying job I have ever done and would have continued had it not been for my health going downhill.