The Work Programme New Thread

donnajunkie

danthomas9 wrote: »

Hello, I would appreciate any advice with regards to attending the Work Programme.

I was placed on the Work Programme in June last year, as I was receiving ESA and placed in the WRAG with a return to work expected in 3 months. I (stupidly, in hindsight!) signed the data consent form, provider action plan, and provided a copy of my CV as requested.

A re-assessment for ESA took place in November and kept me in the WRAG with a return to work expected in 6 months.

I wondered if I needed to keep agreeing appointments with the Work Programme provider (currently every 2 weeks) and if it is possible to now withdraw all my signed consent forms as I am concerned at the fact that the provider holds increasingly sensitive data regarding my health. They have just referred me to a company specialising in occupational health for additional intrusive "assistance".

Many thanks for information.

as far as the being expected to return to work in 6 months thing that is on the action plan, i have been told that it is a guide and to not worry about it.

out_of_cash

tomjonesrules wrote: »

So you don't claim HB/ SMI, CTB, free prescription costs etc?

well if youve paid thousands into the system its only fair to take some out.

out_of_cash

donnajunkie wrote: »

as far as the being expected to return to work in 6 months thing that is on the action plan, i have been told that it is a guide and to not worry about it.

You can withdraw consent at anytime,its your right.Make sure you follow the exact procedure doing this and get those free loaders to confirm it.

danthomas9

What is the procedure to withdraw all consent? Send a letter like the one available at consent.me?

jabanico

LadyMissA wrote: »

And it's probably not good to annoy me either and there is no law to say you have to tell anyone and since you are signing off they have no hold on you at all.

I can safely say if it was at my old company they would not take kindly to anyone from the JC or WP calling them.

I think they find out where you are employed from your national insurance and income tax etc. I mean your private info rather than any info you give them your self. Similar to the way the student loans company track you down. Not sure though.

LadyMissA

jabanico wrote: »

I think they find out where you are employed from your national insurance and income tax etc. I mean your private info rather than any info you give them your self. Similar to the way the student loans company track you down. Not sure though.

but who would give them that permission to get that info on you? I sure when you have a student loan you have to sign something and that's linked to your NI number isn't it? The Work Programme have no rights to any info at all once you withdraw consent as soon as soon as you get a job. Like I say they can't even do the job they are meant to be doing now, I can't imagine them chasing peoples employment status to find out if they are working etc

donnajunkie

out_of_cash wrote: »

You can withdraw consent at anytime,its your right.Make sure you follow the exact procedure doing this and get those free loaders to confirm it.

perhaps but i wasnt responding to that part of their concern. i think they were worried that if there is a target of being in work within 6 months that they would be in trouble if they didnt get a job in that time.

danthomas9

the return to work within 6 months is just a guideline, my claim for ESA will be re-assessed then.

jabanico

jabanico wrote: »

I think they find out where you are employed from your national insurance and income tax etc. I mean your private info rather than any info you give them your self. Similar to the way the student loans company track you down. Not sure though.

The government? I am sure I have either been told or read that is how they track what job you are in.. but i have no evidence of this. Maybe my jobcentre woman told me or maybe I have imagined it

lori64

donnajunkie wrote: »

my adviser was telling me to take any kind of short term job yesterday. so much for finding sustainable employment. if the job has to last a certain length of time she wont get a bonus either the silly cow.

Neither will mine get a bonus if Im off to college in a few months either. Now that I think about it, maybe my previous advisor thought about this one and got rid of me, as I wasn't going to be financial viable to him!