I quit my job, can I get any benefits?

falldown7timesgetup8

thorsoak wrote: »

I sometimes despair of the younger generation ...your credit rating is worth more than honesty??? I think you've got to do a bit of growing up and sort out your priorities!

Unless you change your attitude you are going to find yourself deeper in the soft stuff than you are already! You are asking for advice as to what benefits you can get from the State because you've screwed up - the sort of person that every mother can be proud of ...not!

What a massive sweeping generalisation about the "younger generation" - A lot of us are morally sound, work very hard and do our best to get ahead - not really fair that people harp on about how awful the "younger generation" are, rather than realising that there are useless wastes of space in every age group?!

SarahCarer

Hey OP, i dread to think how many mistakes I've made in my life lol, but the more you know the less you judge I reckon. Have you tried https://www.gov.uk/legal-aid/how-to-claim. There's a number you can text and get a call back on legal issues, benefits the whole shebang... Community Legal Advice it's called, might not be exactly the right thing, but its another option.

miduck

SarahCarer wrote: »

Hey OP, i dread to think how many mistakes I've made in my life lol, but the more you know the less you judge I reckon. Have you tried https://www.gov.uk/legal-aid/how-to-claim. There's a number you can text and get a call back on legal issues, benefits the whole shebang... Community Legal Advice it's called, might not be exactly the right thing, but its another option.

The OP has received all the advice he needs, there are no legal issues here - he needs to apply for JSA, HB etc as soon as possible, and if sanctioned apply for a hardship payment.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

stevethos wrote: »

And with that, I'm done. I don't need judgement from internet strangers.

Thank you to everyone else for your advice. Thorsoak: reel your f***ing neck in.

Better internet strangers than a Jury. You got off lightly.


Try to keep your hands out of the till if you get sent on a workfare placement. After all, you're likely to be quite short of cash now - how's the phone bill going to be paid this month, for a start?

sammyjammy

jobseeking_help wrote: »

Torry

Yes, supposedly. Probably depends on the set up of each JCP office and how strict they are, depends on each New Claims Adviser and on how tired that adviser is when the claimant sees them. My expereience is that if the claimant simply says they were made redundant then the adviser will rarely complete the additional paperwork to commence that checking process.

Of course I an mot condoning falsehoods but the penalty for volunteering the information and being sanctioned is the same for offering a different perspective of the truth, being found out and being sanctioned

All the best

The check on the last employment is done electronically from the details about the last employer keyed in when the claim is made. Nothing to do with the Advisor at all.

stevethos

Just to keep y'all in the loop:

I went for an interview at the job centre and was told to fill out an LV form (Left Voluntarily) and was warned that I could end up having to wait a while before seeing any sort of benefit. I filled out the form - which asked the reason why I left my previous job - as honestly as I could. I got £71 a week, but I missed out on back payment (1 week, because I didn't want to sign on immediately).

With the housing benefit, I got that too, but also still missed on back payment but I have made a separate application for that. Apparently not wanting to jump into the ranks of the unemployed as soon as humanly possible isn't a good enough reason for not signing on straight away. Next time I lose my job I won't wait a few days in the hopes I get lucky and land a new job sharpish.

As of right now, I started a new job on the 2nd Jan and all is going swimmingly. I do count myself lucky that A: I got JSA, B: I got (most of, so far) the housing benefit I needed, C: I have a very understanding landlord and I managed to land another job without any kind of reference from my previous employer (I said I left for personal reasons, and they weren't questioned).

Thanks again to the majority of you. Shame there's a bad egg in here but hey, that's life.

bestpud

stevethos wrote: »

Just to keep y'all in the loop:

I went for an interview at the job centre and was told to fill out an LV form (Left Voluntarily) and was warned that I could end up having to wait a while before seeing any sort of benefit. I filled out the form - which asked the reason why I left my previous job - as honestly as I could. I got £71 a week, but I missed out on back payment (1 week, because I didn't want to sign on immediately).

With the housing benefit, I got that too, but also still missed on back payment but I have made a separate application for that. Apparently not wanting to jump into the ranks of the unemployed as soon as humanly possible isn't a good enough reason for not signing on straight away. Next time I lose my job I won't wait a few days in the hopes I get lucky and land a new job sharpish.

As of right now, I started a new job on the 2nd Jan and all is going swimmingly. I do count myself lucky that A: I got JSA, B: I got (most of, so far) the housing benefit I needed, C: I have a very understanding landlord and I managed to land another job without any kind of reference from my previous employer (I said I left for personal reasons, and they weren't questioned).

Thanks again to the majority of you. Shame there's a bad egg in here but hey, that's life.

I'm really pleased you have another job so soon - good luck with it.

However, I'm not sure a thief is in any position to call someone a bad egg!

Mara69

stevethos wrote: »

As of right now, I started a new job on the 2nd Jan and all is going swimmingly. I managed to land another job without any kind of reference from my previous employer (I said I left for personal reasons, and they weren't questioned).

Really? You worked as a manager in retail for five years and was not asked for a reference for your new job?

Mmmm, right.

Try not to steal anything this time, eh?

LunaLady

Are you in a probationary period? They might have let you start and then sent out for references.

Are you working in retail again?

patacake58

stevethos wrote: »

Just to keep y'all in the loop:

I went for an interview at the job centre and was told to fill out an LV form (Left Voluntarily) and was warned that I could end up having to wait a while before seeing any sort of benefit. I filled out the form - which asked the reason why I left my previous job - as honestly as I could. I got £71 a week, but I missed out on back payment (1 week, because I didn't want to sign on immediately).

With the housing benefit, I got that too, but also still missed on back payment but I have made a separate application for that. Apparently not wanting to jump into the ranks of the unemployed as soon as humanly possible isn't a good enough reason for not signing on straight away. Next time I lose my job I won't wait a few days in the hopes I get lucky and land a new job sharpish.

As of right now, I started a new job on the 2nd Jan and all is going swimmingly. I do count myself lucky that A: I got JSA, B: I got (most of, so far) the housing benefit I needed, C: I have a very understanding landlord and I managed to land another job without any kind of reference from my previous employer (I said I left for personal reasons, and they weren't questioned).

Thanks again to the majority of you. Shame there's a bad egg in here but hey, that's life.

Good luck, hope all goes well for you. You've made a bad mistake and paid for it.
We as humans ALL make mistakes, that's where we get a lot of our experience of life from.
Ignore the holier than though perfect people on here and get on with living your life:)