Job centre appointment help please

Adrian_Scope

How are you doing @Agnia? 

Agnia

Thank you @Adrian_Scope
im feeling unwell 

surfygoose

Sorry to hear you are unwell Agnia.

Hannah_Alumni

Sorry to hear you are feeling unwell Agnia. I hope you are having a better day today! 

Agnia

Thank you 

L_Volunteer

How are you feeling now @Agnia? Does anything usually help you when you are feeling unwell? 

Agnia

Thank you @L_Volunteer i have very noisy neighbours they make me really scared unwell anxious sick and to give up on everything 
 im trying to watch YouTube and to read Scope forum 

Agnia

They wrote that i have uc meeting next week but im not able to go there 

poppy123456

Do the same as you've done for past appointments and ask for a telephone one.

Agnia

they wrote that i have work focused interview booked 

they make me really scared and sick they make me really worse 

poppy123456

Agnia said:

they wrote that i have work focused interview booked 

That will be because you were found to have LCW so they are saying you're capable of doing work related activity. It doesn't mean they are forcing you to look for work.

You can do the same as you did for your past appointments and ask for a telephone one as a reasonable adjustment.

Agnia

Thank you im not able to do any of the work related activities 

poppy123456

Yes, i understand that but the decision on your WCA says you can so you will need to attend those appointments for now. (which can be by telephone)

WhatThe

Good morning Agnia,

I know how awful those appointments are when the coaches are not kind or they lie - they are trained that way.

BUT it's really important that you attend next week or you may be sanctioned.
 
You don't have to do anything but turn up. It may be only a 10-minute appointment because it's just a test to see if you will attend. 

Sit and cry if that's all you're able to do but go. Take water, tissues, sunglasses to help you cope until they say you can leave because you don't need to do anything else at these appointments. They think they are 'helping' you by getting you to leave your house.

Agnia

Thank you @WhatThe
  im really not able to go there physically and mentally i don’t go outside this place where i live at all 
i will ask about telephone appointment but i don’t know if they don’t agree what can i do then 
my sick note is still valid 

poppy123456

Your fit/sick note is irrelevant now because you were found to have LCW. If your work coach doesn't agree to reasonable adjustments and allow a telephone appointment then you can make a complaint.

Agnia

Thank you poppy 

Agnia

Please could confirm what is reasonable adjustment thank you 

WhatThe

Agnia, if they don't agree to a telephone appointment then you must attend next week's WFI to avoid a sanction which would only make things harder for you.

There may be no more WFI's after this one and that's why it's so important to go. 
 
They know your circumstances and your fears. They know all about you but believe they are 'helping' you out of the house. They want to see for themselves that you are not coping. This is how they operate and it is very degrading.

But they don't really want clients in tears at JCP offices and may not book any more WFI's for you if you can just manage this one. 

WhatThe

A reasonable adjustment would be not asking you to attend any further WFI's 

But you will need to attend in order to request easements from the coach you meet