Employment & Jobseeking USEFUL LINKS

Fran

The following links may prove useful in looking for information about Employment and Jobseeking.

[MSE INSERT, 15/02/22: Some of these links are now out of date. You can find an updated list on this page of the thread]

MSE Fully Researched Guides

Low Income Grant Grabbing

House and Energy Grant Grabbing

Great Grants Hunt

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Samaritans
................Shelter...................... Cruse - bereavement support

Women's Aid............... National Debtline ..........Mind - Mental Health

Hideout For children & young people experiencing domestic violence

MensAdviceLine For support for male victims of domestic violence contact M.A.L.E. (Men's Advice Line and Enquiries), P.O. Box 402, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3TG (0208 644 9914).

BBC website re domestic violence

Homeless UK Lots of useful links too

Parentline Scotland

Refuge - Domestic Violence Helpine

Refugee-action Help for Refugees and Assylum Seekers

Refugee Council

Safe Harbor - Compulsive Gamblers Hub

UK Parliament - email your MP

Government Heating Grants

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Employment

Working Families

Department of Trade & Industry (dti) - For Employees

acas - Employment info

Tiger acas - Employment Rights

TUC Employment rights

Work Directions Looking for work

Startups.co.uk Starting a business

Redundancy - direct.gov

Derbyshire Law Centre Useful employment information

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Citizens Advice Websites

Citizens Advice - (Adviceguide - benefits etc. info)

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS)

Citizens Advice N. Ireland - Includes email advice

Citizens Advice - Citizens Advice - (volunteering, jobs, Social Policy info, what's new etc.)

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Benefits & Jobseeking

Jobcentre Plus

Advice on consent to personal information being used

DWP Guide to Income Support

DWP

Benefits & Work

uk.gov.social-security - Google group

GL24 - Appeal form if you think our decision is wrong PDF

Benefit Rates - DWP (PDF)

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Advice

AdviceNow

Welfare Rights on the Net

Community Legal Service Direct

Rights of Women. org.uk Info re women's legal rights

AdviceUK

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Online Benefit Calculators

Entitled To

Housing Benefit - Rooms calculator

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Tax Credits / Pension Credit

Tax Credits Online Check entitlement online

Tax Credits IR leaflet pdf file

Tax Credits info

Advice.ni.net - Tax Credits discussion - Independent Advice Network

Pension Credit

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Housing & Council Tax

Exchange UK Council house exchange and mutual exchange - free limited service/premium (pay) service

Housing Benefit Info

Non dependant deductions - Tameside.gov website

Council Tax Valuation list - government site

Housing Options Help for people with learning difficulties, their families & supporters

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Disability & Sickness

Benefits Enquiry Line - 0800 882200 (0800 220674 in Northern Ireland) or Minicom 0800 243355.

Disability Alliance

BHAS - DLA Guide to sickness & disability benefits

YourAble - Info for disabled people

DIAL - Disability information; advice network

RNIB Blind and sight loss help

RNID Deaf & hard of hearing help

National Phobics Society

The Disability Handbook

IB1 - Guide to Incapacity Benefit- Oct 2004

IB214 - Personal Capability Assessment - April 2002

IB204 - A guide for Medical Practitioners (DWP site)

Advice about Benefits for families of Disabled Children Thanks Ted.

Specialkidsintheuk Useful site for parents and carers of kids with any kind of special needs. Thanks Mrs B

(PDF file) Guide to Claiming DLA for children under 16 with brain related conditions Thanks to Ted and cher31e.

National Deaf Children's Society

Providing medical advice to the Decision Maker in DLA/AA: A Guide ... (Thanks to Ted for providing yet another useful link)

The Decision Makers Guide

Motability

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Mental Health

Mind

mentalhealth.org.uk

Psychnet UK - Mental Health

Depression Alliance

Depression.org

Clinical-depression.co.uk

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Help with Health Costs

Health Costs - Disability Alliance Website

Prescription Pricing Authority

NHS site - Help with health costs entitlement

PatientUK - prescriptions and other health info

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Children

Child Benefit (Inland Revenue)

Child Poverty Action Group

Child Support Action - Help with CSA - £25 year subscription

Child Support Agency (CSA)

Child Support Analysis

National Association for Child Support Action

Families Need Fathers

Healthy Start Fruit, vegetable, milk vouchers worth £2.80/week if pregnant/children up to four.

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Debt

Citizens Advice - Adviceguide

CCCS - (debt)

Bailiffs (Insolvency helpline)

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Families, Relationships, Separation

National Family Mediation

Ondivorce.co.uk

Advicehq Divorce

Al-anon Support for family & friends of alcoholics

Bullying (young people) and Bullying (parents & families) Scottish Executive info

Gingerbread

One Parent Families Scotland Includes info on Mainentance, Gays & Lesbians & Bullying

Maternity Alliance

Miscarriageassociation.org

Babyloss.com

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value_2

Hi,

I am wondering whether any of you can provide a website which contains executive CV templates or cover letters or if anyone would be kind enough to share their own one in this thread?

Many thanks

mr.skint_5

Fran wrote: »

The following links may prove useful in looking for information about Employment and Jobseeking.


Samaritans ................Shelter...................... Cruse - bereavement support

Women's Aid............... National Debtline ..........Mind - Mental Health

Hideout For children & young people experiencing domestic violence

MensAdviceLine For support for male victims of domestic violence contact M.A.L.E. (Men's Advice Line and Enquiries), P.O. Box 402, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3TG (0208 644 9914).

BBC website re domestic violence

Homeless UK Lots of useful links too

Parentline Scotland

Refuge - Domestic Violence Helpine

Refugee-action Help for Refugees and Assylum Seekers

Refugee Council

Safe Harbor - Compulsive Gamblers Hub

UK Parliament - email your MP

Government Heating Grants

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Employment

Working Families

Department of Trade & Industry (dti) - For Employees

acas - Employment info

Tiger acas - Employment Rights

TUC Employment rights

Work Directions Looking for work

Startups.co.uk Starting a business

Redundancy - direct.gov

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Citizens Advice Websites

Citizens Advice - (Adviceguide - benefits etc. info)

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS)

Citizens Advice N. Ireland - Includes email advice

Citizens Advice - Citizens Advice - (volunteering, jobs, Social Policy info, what's new etc.)

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Benefits & Jobseeking

Jobcentre Plus

DWP Guide to Income Support

DWP

Benefits & Work

uk.gov.social-security - Google group


Benefit Rates - DWP (PDF)

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Advice

AdviceNow

Welfare Rights on the Net

Community Legal Service Direct

Rights of Women. org.uk Info re women's legal rights

AdviceUK

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Online Benefit Calculators

Entitled To

Housing Benefit - Rooms calculator

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Tax Credits / Pension Credit

Tax Credits Online Check entitlement online

Tax Credits IR leaflet pdf file

Tax Credits info

Advice.ni.net - Tax Credits discussion - Independent Advice Network

Pension Credit

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Housing & Council Tax

Exchange UK Council house exchange and mutual exchange - free limited service/premium (pay) service

Housing Benefit Info

Non dependant deductions - Tameside.gov website

Council Tax Valuation list - government site

Housing Options Help for people with learning difficulties, their families & supporters

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Disability & Sickness

Benefits Enquiry Line - 0800 882200 (0800 220674 in Northern Ireland) or Minicom 0800 243355.

Disability Alliance

BHAS - DLA Guide to sickness & disability benefits

YourAble - Info for disabled people

DIAL - Disability information; advice network

RNIB Blind and sight loss help

RNID Deaf & hard of hearing help

National Phobics Society

The Disability Handbook

IB1 - Guide to Incapacity Benefit- Oct 2004

IB214 - Personal Capability Assessment - April 2002

IB204 - A guide for Medical Practitioners (DWP site)

Advice about Benefits for families of Disabled Children Thanks Ted.

Specialkidsintheuk Useful site for parents and carers of kids with any kind of special needs. Thanks Mrs B

(PDF file) Guide to Claiming DLA for children under 16 with brain related conditions Thanks to Ted and cher31e.

National Deaf Children's Society

Providing medical advice to the Decision Maker in DLA/AA: A Guide ... (Thanks to Ted for providing yet another useful link)

The Decision Makers Guide

Motability

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Mental Health

Mind

mentalhealth.org.uk

Psychnet UK - Mental Health

Depression Alliance

Depression.org

Clinical-depression.co.uk

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Help with Health Costs

Health Costs - Disability Alliance Website

Prescription Pricing Authority

NHS site - Help with health costs entitlement

PatientUK - prescriptions and other health info

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Children

Child Benefit (Inland Revenue)

Child Poverty Action Group

Child Support Action - Help with CSA - £25 year subscription

Child Support Agency (CSA)

Child Support Analysis

National Association for Child Support Action

Families Need Fathers

Healthy Start Fruit, vegetable, milk vouchers worth £2.80/week if pregnant/children up to four.

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Debt

Citizens Advice - Adviceguide

CCCS - (debt)

Bailiffs (Insolvency helpline)

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Families, Relationships, Separation

National Family Mediation

Ondivorce.co.uk

Advicehq Divorce

Al-anon Support for family & friends of alcoholics

Bullying (young people) and Bullying (parents & families) Scottish Executive info

Gingerbread

One Parent Families Scotland Includes info on Mainentance, Gays & Lesbians & Bullying

Maternity Alliance

Miscarriageassociation.org

Babyloss.com

blimy theres alot of information there:D

terra_ferma

I found this useful list (from the Telegraph Webiste): click here

I found it very true. In my sector (non-profit) a mixture of biographical and competency-based are normally used.
For senior jobs, when a member of the board is also present, sometimes stress interview questions are used (as most chairs are retired managers from the private sector and probably that's the style they are used to). I found these very difficult when I was not expecting them, I was not used to people being overtly rude to me at interviews...

Hope this is useful.

mr.skint_5

if i ever get 5 mins to look at that i will.

poker_face

I recently found www.careers-jobs.eu really useful for finding jobs and advice

mr.skint_5

poker_face wrote: »

I recently found www.careers-jobs.eu really useful for finding uk jobs and advice

i have tryed this site before ,but felt it did nothing for me. other than jobcentreplus,very few site will offer any such work thats aimed at the seeker in question, & in there own area. thats the very reason why i just give up on them

terra_ferma

Found this on MSN, tips on body language at job interviews, site has a lot of other info as well on CV etc.
msn.careerbuilder.com (link)

mr.skint_5

terra_ferma wrote: »

Found this on MSN, tips on body language at job interviews, site has a lot of other info as well on CV etc.
msn.careerbuilder.com (link)

i think i have tryed that as well

System

terra_ferma wrote: »

I found this useful list (from the Telegraph Webiste): click here

I found it very true. In my sector (non-profit) a mixture of biographical and competency-based are normally used.
For senior jobs, when a member of the board is also present, sometimes stress interview questions are used (as most chairs are retired managers from the private sector and probably that's the style they are used to). I found these very difficult when I was not expecting them, I was not used to people being overtly rude to me at interviews...

Hope this is useful.

I haven't had an interview for some time but my 20 year old has a few coming up and this site is good for giving her an idea of what to expect.

Thanks

sushigal

I stoped looking for a job and one found me - life is like that. Seriously though what a bout starting up on your own in business or opening a franchise I know it takes money to start up but I dont see anywhere on the money saving stie that covers this topic - investment is key and being your own boss gives you the right to go your own way in life.