Life after ESA?

churchrat

Hi
I have also put these questions on the benefits board, but think I will get interesting posts here as well. Thankyou for reading.

I know a number of people on this forum have had, and failed esa medicals at atos. I am wondering what happens with benefits AFTER you have been told you can no longer claim esa and have been told to find a job.

My dd will have a esa medical appeal soon and I am sure that she will not be able to stay on the benefit because she looks and acts so well. (she is not well, but I have no doubt the muppets at atos will not understand this).

Any way__ what happens?

Do you go about getting a job in the "normal" way? Do you just say at interviews "yes, I have been sick for my entire life/last two years/since adulthood etc and no I am not healthy now?"

What do you put in application forms and cv's?

Do you go to interviews in environments that could be unhealthy (for you, not the general public)

Are you censored by the job centre for not attending interviews because you are not well when you have been told by atos that you are fine?

What happens when the Dr still gives you a sick certificate?
Are there problems with insurance?

What are peoples experiences of finding work when they are still ill?

Are you censored because you are unable to use public transport but cannot drive to the nearest place of work? (My dd cannot drive and has an auto immune disorder, the consultant said being in any crowded place is a very bad idea.)

I have looked about the net and cannot find answers, so if anybody knows, or just wants to share, I will be grateful.

many thanks
churchrat

want-it-all

churchrat wrote: »

Do you go about getting a job in the "normal" way? Do you just say at interviews "yes, I have been sick for my entire life/last two years/since adulthood etc and no I am not healthy now?"

Your approach to this issue would depend very much on your circumstances, i.e. the nature of your illness(es), their duration, and most importantly, how they'd affect your ability to do the job at hand, if at all.

churchrat

want-it-all wrote: »

Your approach to this issue would depend very much on your circumstances, i.e. the nature of your illness(es), their duration, and most importantly, how they'd affect your ability to do the job at hand, if at all.

Yes, of course. My question was really about those who have claimed esa and are told that they are not to ill to work, but in fact, cannot work because they are ill.

I do understand that there are jobs which "ill" people can do, depending on the illness. For example, my dd could probably manage to work on the days she is well enough, providing the job did not mean she has to use public transport. She could, for example, do something like data input, answer phones, proof read books etc.

However, for most of the month she is too unwell to get out of bed. So, she "failed" her esa medical because they saw her on a good day (and didnt read her file, but thats another matter).

But what would she tell a potential employer? should she say that her Dr and consultant feel that she is too unwell to work and gives her sick certs? what are the insurance problems for an employer if they employee someone who is unwell.

My questions are not really about those who have found a job which "fits" their illness/disabilty, but what happens for those who are unable to find/keep a job because they are ill but have been told they are well by atos.

I dont think I have explained myself very well!!!:o