Esa assessment please read

K80_Black

Glen_Clark wrote: »

I think its pretty clear it was the other way round.
I just talk to people in the same language they talk to me.

You still haven't given your wonderful advice that's relevant to his claim now you know that was in fact the case.

bspm1

Glen_Clark wrote: »

I think its pretty clear it was the other way round.
I just talk to people in the same language they talk to me.

Glen I understand where you are coming from but at the moment there are a few oversensitive posters on the boards, might just be better to ignore?

Save yourself a lot of grief.

:cool:

K80_Black

This board is for help, not judgement. It says so at the top of the page.

If the only 'helpful advice' they have is not to commit benefit fraud by pretending to be bed-bound, then I'd say that's more judgemental than helpful.

Yes, I am a snowflake, who is sick of people with genuine disabilities being accused of 'faking it' on this board. I will call it out, every time I notice it, because I am largely housebound and have nothing better to do. (Though I'm just about to pop to Tesco, so y'know... don't be abelist in the next hour or so, OK?)

kingfisherblue

My son had his face to face assessment for ESA earlier this year. After greeting us, the assessor said that she was so sorry that we had to attend. The assessment lasted twenty minutes. She asked about my son's safety awareness (non-existent), and something else (my mind has suddenly gone blank!). She did not leave the room.

Four weeks later, my son was placed into the Support Group, with a recommendation that he is not recalled for assessment.

My son fulfils several of the criteria for the support group, so it wasn't especially a surprise when he was awarded this. If he hadn't been awarded the SG, I would have appealed based on the fact that the assessor ignored the majority of his problems.

I wouldn't read anything into the fact that she didn't leave the room. It seems likely that you had given enough evidence on your original form, and she made a decision based on the SG descriptors early in the assessment. You can request a copy of the assessment after the award is made.

tommy17

kingfisherblue wrote: »

My son had his face to face assessment for ESA earlier this year. After greeting us, the assessor said that she was so sorry that we had to attend. The assessment lasted twenty minutes. She asked about my son's safety awareness (non-existent), and something else (my mind has suddenly gone blank!). She did not leave the room.

Four weeks later, my son was placed into the Support Group, with a recommendation that he is not recalled for assessment.

My son fulfils several of the criteria for the support group, so it wasn't especially a surprise when he was awarded this. If he hadn't been awarded the SG, I would have appealed based on the fact that the assessor ignored the majority of his problems.

I wouldn't read anything into the fact that she didn't leave the room. It seems likely that you had given enough evidence on your original form, and she made a decision based on the SG descriptors early in the assessment. You can request a copy of the assessment after the award is made.

Ahh thank god that’s good to know. Again thankfully he got what he was writefully entitled to. What is SG descriptors? Today I’m bodily I’ll bed bound 😂 so people can argue the fact that I got to the assessment ok but today I am bed bound? People really don’t know anything it’s stressed me right out but hopefully I get anything other then Fit For Work because right now I’m defiantly not..... I dunno if I’m entitled to the support group but I really do think I am ALSO is he never to be assessed in the future or just while he’s claim now is open until he’s next called up to fill another form in

tommy17

K80_Black wrote: »

This board is for help, not judgement. It says so at the top of the page.

If the only 'helpful advice' they have is not to commit benefit fraud by pretending to be bed-bound, then I'd say that's more judgemental than helpful.

Yes, I am a snowflake, who is sick of people with genuine disabilities being accused of 'faking it' on this board. I will call it out, every time I notice it, because I am largely housebound and have nothing better to do. (Though I'm just about to pop to Tesco, so y'know... don't be abelist in the next hour or so, OK?)

Well today I am bed bound 👍🏻 So he can say what he likes because only I know what I’m really like thanks a lot for sticking up for me it’s good to know people understand I’ve got no energy to reply to him 🤣

45002

tommy17 wrote: »

Well today I am bed bound 👍🏻 So he can say what he likes because only I know what I’m really like thanks a lot for sticking up for me it’s good to know people understand I’ve got no energy to reply to him 🤣

I should try and relax watch telly read a book so on


Good luck....

K80_Black

tommy17 wrote: »

Well today I am bed bound 👍🏻 So he can say what he likes because only I know what I’m really like thanks a lot for sticking up for me it’s good to know people understand I’ve got no energy to reply to him 🤣

It's all good, I really hope you get the right decision! I know you can fight your own battles if you want to, but it never hurts to know you have someone in your corner too.

kingfisherblue

tommy17 wrote: »

Ahh thank god that’s good to know. Again thankfully he got what he was writefully entitled to. What is SG descriptors?

Thank you. There are two different groups for ESA - Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) and Support Group (SG). There is a list of descriptors in the link below. To be placed in the WRAG, you need to score fifteen points from the first list. To be placed in the SG, you need to meet just one of the descriptors in the second list.


WRAG:

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/employment-and-support-allowance/esa-glossary/1354-work-related-activity-group-descriptors


SG:

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/employment-and-support-allowance/esa-glossary/1353-support-group-descriptors


My son meets several of the SG descriptors, although you only need to meet one. I'm not sure if you are interested, but the descriptors that he meets are numbers 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 16. He also has difficulties in some of the other areas.

tommy17

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Thank you. There are two different groups for ESA - Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) and Support Group (SG). There is a list of descriptors in the link below. To be placed in the WRAG, you need to score fifteen points from the first list. To be placed in the SG, you need to meet just one of the descriptors in the second list.

My son meets several of the SG descriptors, although you only need to meet one. I'm not sure if you are interested, but the descriptors that he meets are numbers 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 16. He also has difficulties in some of the other areas.

Sorry for late reply. I can see he clearly struggles bless him 😢 Under the SG I come under a few but the main are 1, 8, and 12 .. but weather they look at it in the same way I do is another thing