After the Work Programme

iammumtoone

AP007 wrote: »

It could be anywhere but mine is on the box bottom right hand side called

Other activities I will do etc...................

Thanks, nothing in that section in mine about how many jobs to apply for, just a list of sites I will look at. It does concern me that it states I will look in the local newspaper, I have told my advisor more than once that I do not buy the local paper but do look on their website, she tells me this is ok but the form states newspaper and I often wonder if I should start buying it as I could get caught out by this.

AP007

iammumtoone wrote: »

Thanks, nothing in that section in mine about how many jobs to apply for, just a list of sites I will look at. It does concern me that it states I will look in the local newspaper, I have told my advisor more than once that I do not buy the local paper but do look on their website, she tells me this is ok but the form states newspaper and I often wonder if I should start buying it as I could get caught out by this.

Newspapers are also E editions so you do not need to look at a hard copy of one

Also there are the 'What I will do to get a job' bit

Add all of those up and add some more and that should be enough if no actual number of job applications listed.

Mine has always has the number of jobs listed I should apply for each week as well as when I was on the WP they gave me an amount to apply for each week too.

iammumtoone

AP007 wrote: »

Also there are the 'What I will do to get a job' bit

Yes I have figures in these boxes how many companies I will write to and how many I will visit. That is good advice, thanks, I do apply to more than the total of these figures and have been ok so far, hopefully that will continue, it just seems you never know when you will get an advisor who is determined to issue a sanction

AP007

iammumtoone wrote: »

Yes I have figures in these boxes how many companies I will write to and how many I will visit. That is good advice, thanks, I do apply to more than the total of these figures and have been ok so far, hopefully that will continue, it just seems you never know when you will get an advisor who is determined to issue a sanction

Get a figure confirmed is the best way to go.

donnajunkie

red_devil wrote: »

Thanks, i wad on drop and go before so paperwork was different. If they pay you hardship why dont they just pay you your jsa. They are still costing themselvex money in admin and time. Crazy.

you still lose a third and they dont usually pay for the first 2 weeks.

donnajunkie

iammumtoone wrote: »

I think the rules for hardship payments are very strict, I know I would never qualify as I get child tax credits and would be expected to live off that.

to qualify you must have no other means of support. that means no savings, no person willing to support you etc.

donnajunkie

iammumtoone wrote: »

Thanks, nothing in that section in mine about how many jobs to apply for, just a list of sites I will look at. It does concern me that it states I will look in the local newspaper, I have told my advisor more than once that I do not buy the local paper but do look on their website, she tells me this is ok but the form states newspaper and I often wonder if I should start buying it as I could get caught out by this.

unless they ask you to show them your newspapers theres no need to worry. i've never heard of them asking people to show the newspapers they have looked at.

csmw

iammumtoone wrote: »

Does anyone know where on the JSA it states how many jobs you have to apply for?

A jsag shouldn't state how many jobs you should apply for, just the steps you should take. A decision maker would totally disregard it even if it was on your jsag

iammumtoone

csmw wrote: »

A jsag shouldn't state how many jobs you should apply for, just the steps you should take. A decision maker would totally disregard it even if it was on your jsag

So how do you know that you have applied for enough jobs to avoid a sanction then? what figure is enough?

csmw

iammumtoone wrote: »

So how do you know that you have applied for enough jobs to avoid a sanction then? what figure is enough?

I'm an advisor