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On carers allowance but can I stop part- time job to pursue education?
irene1968
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Hi could you please help
I am 49 and im a carer for my son who has ADHD, I work 7 and half hours a week at lunch times in special needs school so i get income support also to bring me to the living wage allowed.
before i started the part time job I was doing all my maths and english courses and I did my level 2 in childcare , but my mother need help due to a brain tumor , so I stopped my learning to look after her in her final year .
after that I took a year out of everything to heal with what we went through.
then i started to work part time while my son was at school to give me a meaning again .
ive been there 3 years but now I am wanting to go back to learning to obtain my leave 3 qualification .
this is the bit where i need advice can I give up the job to study ? will income support allow this ,as I know I didnt have to work I choose to but now can i give up this job ? as i know i cant do it all as im only allowed so many hours due to the caring for my son . and will need to be in a placement .which i may beable to do at the school i work for already .
will income support allow me to do this ? or will they stop my benefits and housing .
I need to carry on to get to my goal as ive spent so many years getting there and feel the time is right for me again .
please advice
regards irene1968
I
I am 49 and im a carer for my son who has ADHD, I work 7 and half hours a week at lunch times in special needs school so i get income support also to bring me to the living wage allowed.
before i started the part time job I was doing all my maths and english courses and I did my level 2 in childcare , but my mother need help due to a brain tumor , so I stopped my learning to look after her in her final year .
after that I took a year out of everything to heal with what we went through.
then i started to work part time while my son was at school to give me a meaning again .
ive been there 3 years but now I am wanting to go back to learning to obtain my leave 3 qualification .
this is the bit where i need advice can I give up the job to study ? will income support allow this ,as I know I didnt have to work I choose to but now can i give up this job ? as i know i cant do it all as im only allowed so many hours due to the caring for my son . and will need to be in a placement .which i may beable to do at the school i work for already .
will income support allow me to do this ? or will they stop my benefits and housing .
I need to carry on to get to my goal as ive spent so many years getting there and feel the time is right for me again .
please advice
regards irene1968
I
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I always recommend the direct gov.uk and Disability Rights UK web sites as they have vast amounts of information. Apologies I cannot give you the actual links in the post but I only have access to my iPad today and it is a bit precious.
However, there have been quite a few posts on this in recent weeks which are available in this strand and other categories.
good luck
thank you
could you tell me how to find these strands please
Please try Carers UK tel 0800 055 6112, they are very good.
Let us know how you get.
thank you for your help
These are the different strands which will be more useful than me....