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On carers allowance but can I stop part- time job to pursue education?

irene1968

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

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Chloe_Alumni

Hi @irene1968 and a warm welcome to the community! Thank you very much for taking the time to tell your story today. I hope you find the community a supportive place. While waiting for an answer on your post please feel free to look at other discussion topics and get involved

irene1968

Hi and thank you

Im not sure ive posted it the right place though ?

Chloe_Alumni

I can move it to the carers allowance section for you

irene1968

If you think that's the best place , Its the income support bit I need help with but at least it will be in that sort of discussion.
thank you

Chloe_Alumni

No problem

Pippa_Alumni

I wonder if @melaniethorley could offer any guidance here?

melaniethorley

Good morning Irene and thank you for sharing your story. Finances is not my area of expertise and I do not want to give you false information.

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

irene1968

Hi
thank you
could you tell me how to find these strands please

atlas46

Hi

Please try Carers UK tel 0800 055 6112, they are very good.

Let us know how you get.

irene1968

ok I will
thank you for your help

melaniethorley

Employment issues, finances and ESA What benefits am I entitled to?Talk about PIP/ DLA Ask a benefits advisor

These are the different strands which will be more useful than me....

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