Back to work perks on IB

manhattan

Does anyone know if there any back to work schemes that i could be entitled to as i am claiming IB?

I have just been offered a job after being off for 18 months with back problems from my last job.

Thanks in advance.

bethsmummy

ooops hit thanks by mistake,my mum was on ib and has recently went back to work and she gets £40 a week of her ib for a year she also got £100 for clothes and stuff for interviews etc dont know how you go about it though maybe phone the job centre annonymously to find out.

stazi

Ring your JCP Benefit Centre and ask about both Job Grant (up to £250), and RTWC- see attached-
http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/stellent/groups/jcp/documents/websitecontent/dev_014729.pdf

I think RTWC will be rolled out nationally in early April.

Loopy_Girl

I was on IS for 5 years to bring my daughter up and then went back to work and the area I stay was one of the areas piloting that 'In Work Credit' £40 payment and it was great...I think it is a great initiative but the only thing I would say is try not to get used to it....don't budget anything using it (unless you are only needing something for a year obviously!!) as it does finish after 52 weeks and it is a wee shock to the system...a whole year is a long time to get used to an extra £160 a month and then it stops dead!!

I also got the £250 Job Grant and £50 'discretionary' payment from the lone parent advisor to buy stuff for my interview

Hope this helps

manhattan

Thank you for the replies.

Unfortunately it looks like i wont be entitled to the return to work credits due to the job being over the 15k limit.

Is there anything else available? The job grant thing i will look into as i could do with some work clothes.

sinbin_72

Make sure you fill out a form to pretect your benefits in the event that you ned to go back to benefits. Sorry, but I dont know the name of the form off hand.