Please advise re carers allowance, anxious about claiming benefits.

yummymummy1987_2

Hi,
Sorry if its a long one but I don't really have anyone else to ask and don't currently have time to make a apt at CAB.


Background:
I currently work 12 hours per week £7.20 but for only 34 weeks a year.
Look after my niece 2 days a week.


Care for my Aunt who has profound learning disabilities since birth as much as I can the other time.
She comes to my house on a Wednesday which is the day when we get any "chores" done such as bank, shopping, library visits,calls to social services etc. At weekends and school holidays we do things such as cinema trips, basically she just fits in with me and my children.


I have been advised by her social worker to apply for Carers allowance, my grandparents can not receive due to pensions.


My main problem is we have a slightly odd situation whereby I basically tutor her online(via Skype/fb message caller)we do reading, keywords,maths etc) in the time I am not with her. I have never added up the time I spend on her as I just flit in and out of it through the day. She doesn't go to any day clubs so I do it to keep her occupied and social services are aware of our situation.


I applied for carers allowance today online despite putting it off for a few months and was expecting to have to fill in a big form detailing everything I do for her, and then hoping they would decide whether it was enough and if not so be it so to speak.




Will this form come in the post? or was the online process+ me sending my payslips all they will need to decide?

NeilCr

This may help

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/sick-or-disabled-people-and-carers/benefits-for-people-who-are-sick-or-disabled/#benefits_for_carers

Alice_Holt

Main conditions for CA: -

The person you care for receives a qualifying benefit i.e DLA Middle or High Rate Care; PIP Daily Living Component; or Attendance Allowance.

You care for that person 35 hrs per week

Your net earnings are less than £110 pw.

Brighty

No other form will come. Rightly or wrongly, CA must be the easiest benefit to claim. So long as the person you care for receives a qualifying benefit and you earn under £110 a week, you just tick the box to declare you care for 35+hrs and that's it. My wife did receive an additional form after, but that was relating to wanting more info on her earnings (she receives rental income), so if there's no issue there, then you're done.

Brighty