Job Grants

bigdec

What are job grants as I was unemployed for approx 1 year and when I signed off I was told that i might be eligible for a job grant

Zara33

Job Grant is a one-off tax-free payment when you or your partner or civil partner start work and stop getting benefits.

Full details by looking at the link http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Bfsl1/BenefitsAndFinancialSupport/DG_10018789

bigdec

I have applied and been told that I am not eligible as I was getting CBJSA and only got that for 6 months after that it was another 5 months before i found something they said that if I found a job the day after the CBJSA ran out I would have got something

Frosty_box_2

Hi

Job Grant is a sum of tax free money to help with things like 'working a month in advance' etc It is for those aged 25+ who have been on benefit ie IS, JSA, IB for 26weeks (6months or more) continuously. £100 for single people and couples without children, and £250 for lone parents and couples with children. You will not need to re-pay the money if the job falls through. Although you may be asked to (not obligued to though). The job should be for at least 16 hours a week (check that, it may be 20 hours) and permanent. There are no forms to fill out, although you will have to put it in writing to your local Social Security (DWP) to say that you are requesting the Job Grant, within one month of starting work.

Hope this helps

Frosty

Eagle_1

There is also a £100 clothing grant available which my friend got and purchased clothing for work from Asda and also £40 tax free week bonus for I beleive 20 weeks, thats on top of her wage.
(not 100% sure on facts as I say a friend got it but I can try to find out the details if anyones interested)

She got the above benefits and the £250 back to work bonus. I also beleive that the forms had to be filled in BEFORE she started work...again not 100% on that one but maybe someone else can advise.

Frosty_box_2

Eagle_1

I beleive from what you've said, you friend is part of the New Deal scheme. The applicant can receive £100 as part of the Advisor Discretion Fund for anything like clothes, boots, tools etc to help them into work. The Back to work bonus is £250.00, again similar to the Job Grant. The £40.00 per week is payable to the employer, not the employee, unless the employer decides to pay it to the employee. It's an incentive for the employer taking long term 18-24 yrs old JSA/IB/IS customers into work. There is a different rate for those over 25 and for those over 50 the subsidy money goes direct to the employee.

Ask at your local JCP Office for a New Deal Advisor.

Happy to answer anything I can

Frosty

Eagle_1

yes new deal rings a bell as did the job grant bit, I knew someone would clarify

Thanks.

Frosty_box_2

No worries Eagle_1, as I said, happy to answer where I can

take care

Frosty

bigdec

Frosty_box wrote:

Hi

Job Grant is a sum of tax free money to help with things like 'working a month in advance' etc It is for those aged 25+ who have been on benefit ie IS, JSA, IB for 26weeks (6months or more) continuously. £100 for single people and couples without children, and £250 for lone parents and couples with children. You will not need to re-pay the money if the job falls through. Although you may be asked to (not obligued to though). The job should be for at least 16 hours a week (check that, it may be 20 hours) and permanent. There are no forms to fill out, although you will have to put it in writing to your local Social Security (DWP) to say that you are requesting the Job Grant, within one month of starting work.

Hope this helps

Frosty

I have a full time job 37.5 hrs a week but have been told that I did not qualify as my jsa ran out after 6 months and i did not find work until another 5 moths later they said that if I had found work the day after the jsa rean out then I would get the job grant

Scarlett1

Frosty_box wrote:

The £40.00 per week is payable to the employer, not the employee, unless the employer decides to pay it to the employee.

I dont think thats right, when I saw my lone parent advisor the last time she done a back to work calculation and told me of this £40 which would be payable to me, nothing to do with an employer

shameless-about-money

Scarlett1 wrote:

I dont think thats right, when I saw my lone parent advisor the last time she done a back to work calculation and told me of this £40 which would be payable to me, nothing to do with an employer

You are perfectly correct! The £40 per week payment is paid to the employee directly!