Money for coming off benefits

advance

Is there any money you can claim if you find and manage to hold down a job over a certain length of time and come off benefits.

I thought I had heard of something a while back that if you can hold a job down for a year or something similar, I am currently on Employment and Support allowance

bestpud

You want money because you've stopped claiming money?

I haven't heard of anything like that.

There is some back to work benefits though.

advance

What would the back to work benefits be?

I_luv_cats

advance wrote: »

Is there any money you can claim if you find and manage to hold down a job over a certain length of time and come off benefits.

I thought I had heard of something a while back that if you can hold a job down for a year or something similar, I am currently on Employment and Support allowance

Return-to-Work Credit

You may be entitled to Return-to-Work Credit if you are getting Incapacity Benefit, Income Support because of incapacity (existing claimants only - you cannot make a new claim for this benefit) or Employment and Support Allowance and you take a job where you are working for at least 16 hours a week. You must apply for it within five weeks of starting your new job. You can qualify for Return-to-Work Credit if you become self-employed as long as you meet the other conditions.
You must earn no more than £15,000 per year. This is not a taxable benefit.
The Return-to-Work Credit is £40 a week. From 2 July 2013, this scheme will be phased out. If you are not getting a qualifying enefit on this date, you will not be able to apply for a Return-to-Work Credit. No new payments of Return-to-Work Credit will be made after 1 October 2013. Payments that have already started by then will continue for up to 52 weeks.
See the Gov.UK website for more information on Return-to-Work Credit (link opens in a new window)


Job Grant

This is single tax-free payment to encourage you to consider and accept work that otherwise you could not take because of the costs of going back to work. You can spend the money in any way you want but it will normally go towards things like new clothes or transport. You must have been getting certain benefits like Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance or Incapacity Benefit for at least 26 weeks without a break.
You can claim a Job Grant when you take up full-time work (at least 16 hours a week) and you expect the work to last for at least five weeks.
A Job Grant is £100 for single people and couples without children and £250 for lone parents and couples with children.
This scheme will be finishing at the end of March 2013, so you must start work on or before 31 March 2013 to get a Job Grant.
See the Gov.UK website for more information on Job Grants (link opens in a new window).

Caz3121

https://www.gov.uk/return-to-work-credit

advance

Thanks alot for your help. I have been offered a job of 15 hours after numerous interviews but will struggle with the travelling as it is 25 miles a day five days a week so any help will be very much appreciated. May have to try and see if I can do another hour somewhere to try and get to 16 hours

rogerblack

I_luv_cats wrote: »

The Return-to-Work Credit is £40 a week. From 2 July 2013, this scheme will be phased out. ...

This scheme will be finishing at the end of March 2013, so you must start work on or before 31 March 2013 to get a Job Grant.

Great.
Removing incentives to help disabled people get into work.
That'll teach them to even try.

paddedjohn

rogerblack wrote: »

Great.
Removing incentives to help disabled people get into work.
That'll teach them to even try.

So you reckon they should be paid incentives to go back to work? If they are able to work then they should do so without the need of bribes.

rogerblack

paddedjohn wrote: »

So you reckon they should be paid incentives to go back to work? If they are able to work then they should do so without the need of bribes.

In short - yes.
For several reasons.

Disabled people - as a group - tend to have lower wages, and higher costs associated with work. Making sure they are better off if they move from disability benefits (which they may still be entitled to claim) into work is clearly a factor for some - not being able to pay bills with the job you can get and do makes you rather less likely to take it.
If you are given a years top-up, it makes you more likely to take a job which won't quite work financially - so you can perhaps move on while in work into one that will.

The government would pay a work program provider £6000, if they could get me into work.

Why should I not be able to access at least some fraction of this funding to access help to get me into work directly?
The Job Grant and return to work credit total £2180.

The Job Grant and Return to work credit, as well as access to work should be being pushed hard to those claimants whos provider would be paid £6K if they got into work - it's a clear saving.

LunaLady

advance wrote: »

Is there any money you can claim if you find and manage to hold down a job over a certain length of time and come off benefits.

Are they not called 'Wages'

paddedjohn

rogerblack wrote: »

In short - yes.
For several reasons.

Disabled people - as a group - tend to have lower wages, and higher costs associated with work. Making sure they are better off if they move from disability benefits (which they may still be entitled to claim) into work is clearly a factor for some - not being able to pay bills with the job you can get and do makes you rather less likely to take it.
If you are given a years top-up, it makes you more likely to take a job which won't quite work financially - so you can perhaps move on while in work into one that will.

The government would pay a work program provider £6000, if they could get me into work.

Why should I not be able to access at least some fraction of this funding to access help to get me into work directly?
The Job Grant and return to work credit total £2180.

The Job Grant and Return to work credit, as well as access to work should be being pushed hard to those claimants whos provider would be paid £6K if they got into work - it's a clear saving.

Agree with what you are saying but isn't there already a disability element to tax credits?


These work programme providers should be paid on results only, if they don't prepare someone for work and find them at least a part time job then they shouldn't be paid. More cash left to provide for real hardship.