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For people in the London area its a bit harder you need to top up your oyster card with 1.30 and show the bill presuming you have the half price oyster tickets people outside london can be paying 2 pounds or over each way so you must claim off of them.
As people were saying earlier about not signing forms yes a lot of the time Job Centre or Work Programe will sanction you if your right or you are wrong but you must appeal within one month plus you can always apply for hardship paymants while on sanctions but I would say this to anyone put at least a tenner aside a week for sanctions to get you through it as nearly 80% are sanctioned after 6 months if they dont start doing the work for free jobs.
Rules on Sanctions
1 A sanction can be made on you for nearly anything
2 50% of appeals get sanctions overturned at first and money returned
2 If you appeal again 75 % get overturned
3 Just before an appeal has to go to a Tribunal 90% get refunded
Its a hard slog and most give up after get letter of doubt but persist if you have the evidance0 -
essexman77 wrote: »For people in the London area its a bit harder you need to top up your oyster card with 1.30 and show the bill presuming you have the half price oyster tickets people outside london can be paying 2 pounds or over each way so you must claim off of them.
As people were saying earlier about not signing forms yes a lot of the time Job Centre or Work Programe will sanction you if your right or you are wrong but you must appeal within one month plus you can always apply for hardship paymants while on sanctions but I would say this to anyone put at least a tenner aside a week for sanctions to get you through it as nearly 80% are sanctioned after 6 months if they dont start doing the work for free jobs.
Rules on Sanctions
1 A sanction can be made on you for nearly anything
2 50% of appeals get sanctions overturned at first and money returned
2 If you appeal again 75 % get overturned
3 Just before an appeal has to go to a Tribunal 90% get refunded
Its a hard slog and most give up after get letter of doubt but persist if you have the evidance0 -
I have my first appointment with the work programme tomorrow. They are a provider called JHP Training. The woman who arranged it for me said the first appointment will only last 2 hours but I recieved a letter the following day saying the induction could last up to 5 hours.
Does anyone know what actually happens on these inductions and what should I be expecting to happen?
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I have my first appointment with the work programme tomorrow. They are a provider called JHP Training. The woman who arranged it for me said the first appointment will only last 2 hours but I recieved a letter the following day saying the induction could last up to 5 hours.
Does anyone know what actually happens on these inductions and what should I be expecting to happen?
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Thanks for the reply.
From what I've read it doesn't seem like it's very organised of efficient.
I am ofcourse willing to let them help me as much as I can but I am slightly worried I am going to get forced into doing things I wouldn't be comfortable doing.
How often will they expect me to attend? And when I do attend on other times what do they usually do for me and how long do the sessions last?
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Thanks for the reply.
From what I've read it doesn't seem like it's very organised of efficient.
I am ofcourse willing to let them help me as much as I can but I am slightly worried I am going to get forced into doing things I wouldn't be comfortable doing.
How often will they expect me to attend? And when I do attend on other times what do they usually do for me and how long do the sessions last?
Many thanks0 -
well I go once every mth/4 weeks and I really have no idea how long they last to be honest as only had one (since July). The one I had lasted about 45 mins althought was sat waiting for 30 mins !
Do you have any idea if different providers still work in the same way? I have never heard of JHP Training before this work scheme.
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I know of someone referred to JHP, who has pushed him into a 4-week mandatory work placement. From what I understand, they are supposed to offer a range of options (ie. Qualifications, Work Experience etc...) A work placement was arranged immediately, and he was given no choice in the matter.0
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I know of someone referred to JHP, who has pushed him into a 4-week mandatory work placement. From what I understand, they are supposed to offer a range of options (ie. Qualifications, Work Experience etc...) A work placement was arranged immediately, and he was given no choice in the matter.
That doesn't sound good at all. I thought they couldn't put you on a work placement for 6 months?0
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