Benefits after redundancy

MissG80

I took a settlement agreement from work and am a bit confused what to do in terms of benefits. I have less than 6k savings, including the settlement, so I am thinking claiming JSA would be a good idea. What am I applying for? Is it universal credit?  

EnPointe

contribution based JSA initially, but likely  that as part of a UC claim 

however if you  have the small amount of assets  you assertt  and are going to need help with rent  , council tax , dependents and the like  then a UC application is mertied