Work at home, cardiff, i.e making cards, hand made goods

Yazmin_A

Hi all,

So recently my mother in law has been registered as disabled and has had to pack in her job at a primary school. The money she earns on disability is not enough, and therefore she was looking for a job at home that could help towards the bills.

In luton most of my relatives make handmade cards for a company, who deliver the supplies and collect the made goods. They also do things like pack cards into cellophane and make sure that it has the neccesary content. Unfortunately this job is only available in Luton. After having a look online, i couldnt find something like that. Im looking for a job like that for my mother in law, something that she can do at home. She can do typing, anything that doesnt require her to leave the house as much or walk much.

Does anyone know anything like that in south wales, or a company that helps people work at home?

Thanks in advance

amee49

Hi Yazmin. Sorry I can't help you in answering your question, but are you able to let me know the company your relatives are working for. I am interested in doing something like this. PM me details if you prefer.


I hope you get the answer you are looking for.

ms_night_ryder

If your mother in law decide to get this alternative job, is she willing to come off benefits? she cant do both, unless she will just get housing benefit and work self employed, if she is staying on benefit, I think she can earn about £5 a week.

You may want to ask her if she wants to come off benefits, before you start looking for a job for her.

Wizzbang

I'm afraid under the new Employment and Support Allowance system, there is pretty much no such thing as being unable to work. The Government has changed everything, so now your Doctor will give you a 'fit note' not a sick note. This will detail what you are able to do, not automatically assume you can do nothing.

There will be plenty of suitable options for your mother-in-law. She will have an assessment by a qualified health professional who will decide whether she will go into the work-related activity group or needs to look for work. Either way, staff at the job centre can help her to find a suitable job. Only if you are really, really disabled will you be granted the option to 'do nothing'.

It sounds like she might be suitable for a job in an office if she can type. Maybe data entry, re-training as a secretary. It would probably be helpful to think about what she can do and what are her barriers to employment? For example....There are schemes which can provide taxis to work, if someone is unable to drive and cannot cope with public transport. If someone is unable to stand for long periods, a simple stool may be provided by an employer. Or it may just be that she needs to work part-time or have flexi hours, in order to help manage her condition.

If you want to mention more specifics, I can probably make suggestions as I am a health professional working in this field. Obviously with the caveat that I have not seen your mother-in-law and therefore, it is not a substitute for advice from other professionals that have.

As the above poster says, you can't work AND claim most benefits.

vintagebrighton

Of course you can work and claim benefits.... tax credits, housing benefit, ESA, PIP and child benefit are all benefits you can receive whilst in work (ESA allows 'permitted work'). Some benefits ie DLA (which is being phased out) were often used to enable people with disabilities to work, paying for transport, adaptations etc. Apart from that, we don't know anything about the OP's MIL.

Wizzbang

vintagebrighton wrote: »

Of course you can work and claim benefits.... tax credits, housing benefit, ESA, PIP and child benefit are all benefits you can receive whilst in work (ESA allows 'permitted work'). Some benefits ie DLA (which is being phased out) were often used to enable people with disabilities to work, paying for transport, adaptations etc. Apart from that, we don't know anything about the OP's MIL.

Tax Credits have an upper limit. DLA is no longer given out, as you say it's being phased out. PIP is even harder to claim. Supported work on ESA has to be sanctioned by a job centre and you must be supervised by someone- the reality is it's incredibly hard to arrange permitted work. There are limits to the hours you can work and the amount you can earn whilst doing this. It can reduce your benefit if you get IS/ UC. Otherwise, you can only earn £20 a week whilst claiming the standard benefits, like JSA, ESA.