Forced to apply for job too far away?

suburbanwifey

PTSD is very serious. At its most severe level it can cause the sufferer to commit great acts of violence or self-harm. Military personnel who have served in combat zones are very prone to PTSD. No one should underestimate its seriousness. Nor be so offensive to someone who has it. I am surprised this lad is in a position to actually look for work, in my opinion, he should be getting at the very least CBT therapy or some other form of counseling to help him cope with the horrors in his head.

Boots888

suburbanwifey wrote: »

PTSD is very serious. At its most severe level it can cause the sufferer to commit great acts of violence or self-harm. Military personnel who have served in combat zones are very prone to PTSD. No one should underestimate its seriousness. Nor be so offensive to someone who has it. I am surprised this lad is in a position to actually look for work, in my opinion, he should be getting at the very least CBT therapy or some other form of counseling to help him cope with the horrors in his head.

Agree totally.

Tell them he can't do it, he travelled thousands of miles to fight for his country but finds it hard to travel more than a few hours here to get a job cause, well - it's not quite the same thing. That he needs to apply for ESA and DLA etc and needs not only help to apply for this but needs full on, ongoing treatment and support at every level along his long road to recovery.

PO also needs to know the country and posters on a forum are behind them all the way - Not to be told to take a bus or look for lift from someone who might be travelling in the same direction and certainly not to be told to get out of bed 2 hours earlier to get to the job on time:cool:

motherofstudents

Seems ludicrous to me that the DWP expect someone to travel that far. I assume they take the mileage rather than the amount of time/availability of public transport.

When I worked in Careers guidance, we had to tell the jobcentre if their clients had attended interviews. I was quite uncomfortable with the fact that we had to send them for interviews regardless of the suitability. E.g, someone would come in for a careers guidance interview where we would find their strengths, abilities and preferences, sometimes using psychometric testing. Then, when we have established they want a career in carpentry, because they HAVE to go for interviews, they would be sent to a hairdresser or butcher for interviews if we didn't have anything remotely related to carpentry.

It is just a question of being seen to be job seeking and unfortunately, people in this situation have to play along or they will lose benefits.

earthbound_misfit

Skinto_7 wrote: »

Good shout Tescobabe,

I did that on a night out once when i couldnt get a taxi home, the delivery driver wasnt too chuffed but 20 minutes into the journey he began to see the funny side of it :rotfl:

Wow, I thought the post was a joke!

savingsusie

Find out the exact distance from home to work, there used to be a rule about travelling for up to 1 hour from home for work by whatever method of transport was available to you - this was some years ago so check out current rules via web. Obtain bus timetables so you can show no public transport available. Arrange to speak to a Supervisor with your information to show it is unreasonable to expect you to apply for the position, remember be polite and reasonable. It would also be useful to also have information to hand on jobs you have applied for or are going to apply for so you can show the Supervisor you are 'actively seeking' work. Good Luck

earthbound_misfit

motherofstudents wrote: »

Seems ludicrous to me that the DWP expect someone to travel that far. I assume they take the mileage rather than the amount of time/availability of public transport.

They take into account the time by public transport - although not the fact that it stops after a certain time. Of course, this distance may vary enormously. In this instance its a 15 walk to city centre (usually longer but he's fast lol) and a 45 min train ride (longer on buses) out to a small town.
Where I used to live a 45 min train ride was 60 miles!
In this instance the most direct road way is a 3 lane A road so cycling would probably (safely) involve small country roads and add distance.
Anyway it's sorted now thanks to advice, but rather enjoying the debate!

welshone27

My husband has been in his job for 10 years this October. He also works shifts - mornings, afternoons and night also weekends. His place of work is 9 miles away, he hasn't got a licence (never learned to drive), and has always rode his push bike into work. All hours, all weathers.

He has a moan about it (most of the time it seems! lol) but he does it none the less. 18 miles a day sometimes on top of a 12 hour shift (normally 8) . it can be done.


edited to add, not a go at the op, just wanted to say it can be done :-)

Vincent_Buenisedes

earthbound_misfit wrote: »

They take into account the time by public transport - although not the fact that it stops after a certain time. Of course, this distance may vary enormously. In this instance its a 15 walk to city centre (usually longer but he's fast lol) and a 45 min train ride (longer on buses) out to a small town.
Where I used to live a 45 min train ride was 60 miles!
In this instance the most direct road way is a 3 lane A road so cycling would probably (safely) involve small country roads and add distance.
Anyway it's sorted now thanks to advice, but rather enjoying the debate!

Good to hear. What happened in the end, if you don't mind me asking?

flea72

Boots888 wrote: »

It used to take me 2.5 hours each way to get to and from my YTS scheme. It was 15 minutes by car but I didn't have one.

I earnt £25 hours a week for often up to 70 hours work and spent at least £15 of that on travel.

I stuck it out but once I got my poxy qualifications, I swore never to be so foolish as to commit to such commuting again.

YTS pay travelling expenses on top of income, so why did you pay for your own travel?

F

Derivative

earthbound_misfit wrote: »

You can't 'claim full benefits' if you earn £8000!

You can claim full benefits if you have £8000 (actually £7,999.99) in capital, i.e., in your bank account saved from a previous job or whatever.

Not talking about earnings - I'm making the point that not everyone on JSA necessarily has £0 to their name.