Long term sick, not sure how long i will go back

[Deleted User]

Hi all
Due to burnout and anxiety i have been off work now over 6 months. The job is hard physically and im not sure i will last long if and when i go back, even with a gradual return.
What id like to know is what sort of help i can get to retrain if i lost my income? A brief check on entitled to says i could get just over 100 a week u.c. which wouldnt go far.
Is there any other help available?
I own my own small house and car is worth 2k and i have very little in savings.
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks
Olly

elsien

What do you do now, and what would you want to retrain for? 

[Deleted User]

A delivery driver currently id like to train in IT or do some volunteering with cats 

Ginger70

UC for a single person over 25 is £400.14 a month and unless you can show a limited capacity for work would come with strict conditions regarding spending 35 hours looking for a job.
Could you return to your old job on reduced hours, is there scope to change your role within your current employment.
Could you look for a new paid role now rather than just leaving your current position.
Have you considered an apprenticeship - some are paid at minimum wage and it could facilitate the career change your looking for?

[Deleted User]

Yes my whole return should be phased and id like less days and hours so that could be ok.
It does appear the 400 a month is barely liveable.
Although i think that being unemployed does help with taking courses for free?

swingaloo

I think the OP is a wind-up merchant. He has other threads suggesting he is about to take out 2 huge loans, buying a new car, hiding his savings to keep them under 6000 and another one where he says he plans to buy £600 worth of shares a month.