Carers allowance, earning limit and pensions

xylophone

I might add that having a relative's child born with very severe Smith Lemlie Opitz Syndrome, and family friends who had children with Kanner's Syndrome ("classic" autism), Asperger's Syndrome and Fragile X, I am very aware of how hard it is to cope with a disabled child.

But this does not detract from the truth of the statements in posts 6 and 7.

kw5

Hi,
From experience if you earn over the £502 in a month your CA will be stopped, even if the previous or subsequent month you earn nothing.

HTH, Kirsty

Brighty

teddysmum wrote: »

What would happen (re working) in school holidays, when the child also needs care in normal school hours ?

She would use holiday and/or change shifts around to only work when i'm home (evenings, weekends, nights), worst case we have friends who can look after them

Brighty

xylophone wrote: »

I might add that having a relative's child born with very severe Smith Lemlie Opitz Syndrome, and family friends who had children with Kanner's Syndrome ("classic" autism), Asperger's Syndrome and Fragile X, I am very aware of how hard it is to cope with a disabled child.

But this does not detract from the truth of the statements in posts 6 and 7.

In order to get CA, the child must be in reciept of mid rate or higher DLA. The criteria for DLA measure how much care they need over and above a non disabled child

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Brighty wrote: »

But how can they apply it per week when someone is monthly paid? The only evidence of earnings is your payslip, will just states hours worked that month

Found this

"If you are in employment and are paid monthly, your monthly earnings are normally multiplied by 12 months to get a yearly figure and then divided by 52 weeks to get a weekly figure."
http://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/financial-support/help-with-benefits/carers-allowance?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvurs1rSV1gIVYbHtCh06lAgcEAAYASAAEgLu_vD_BwE

She' only looking at working 13-16 hours a week, probably while the kids are at school. It's quite easy for a mother to care for at least 35hrs a week outside of school hours

That's correct (from experience).

I get paid calendar monthly but work 2 days a week for a fixed number of hours and shifts which should keep me under the limit but because the number of Mondays & Tuesdays within each month varies it means my monthly pay varies. I think it works out that 1 in 3 or so months I'll be over the limit despite not actually having any extra in my pocket. I've had many, many conversations with them but the only way around it was if my company would pay me weekly (they won't).