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Can you work whilst living in a group home?

Can our 27 boy, with Asberges and Dispraxia have a part time job (10 hrs), while living in a group home?.
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Welcome & Good Evening.
It’s great to have you onboard!!!!!!
I have pasted some info below for you please let me know if you have any questions ???????
https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Ffamilies%2Fdiagnosis%2Fautism&index_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Ffamilies%2Fdiagnosis%2Fautism&auth=lmkPij2LcIn7oWw%2FP5Ct2g&profile=_default&type=FP
I don't have an answer for your particular question, but I see that @steve51 has responded and I don't doubt others will as well. Good to have you aboard
Very best wishes to you,
Richard
Senior online community officer
Hi @147369
Ideally support staff in group homes should be encouraging and supporting disabled people living there to fulfil their aspirations. So if there isn't a direct contradiction between the person's assessed care needs/plan and their employment I can't see that living in a group home should pose a barrier to working.
I think the real question is what impact will working have on the person's benefits. You could use the benefit calculator to try to get an indication of this:
https://www.scope.org.uk/support/disabled-people/benefits/check
Hope this helps
Jean
Jean Merrilees BSc MRCOT
You can read more of my posts at: https://community.scope.org.uk/categories/ask-an-occupational-therapist