2 assessors at LCWRA appointment

AnnaGreen888

Hi
I had a review of LCWRA and at the start of the call the lady said there was another person with her who was training and she asked me if I minded them sitting in.

I had already postponed a previous tel. assessment due to anxiety and didn't feel like it would reflect well on me if I said no to someone sitting in on the call. 

Has this happened to anyone you know?

I've requested and received copy of my first and this report and there is no mention of the person who was training being present,  so I don't know who they were. 

I was awarded nil points and have applied for appeal but this is concerning me. 

Thank you

woodbine

My first and only face 2 face assessment has two people, one who was being trained, I suppose they have to learn in a real life capacity.

mikehughescq

It does not reflect on a claimant in any way to reject the presence of an observer. It is within your gift to do that. The person cannot possibly be mentioned on the report as they were not part of the process. They were an observer. 

AnnaGreen888

woodbine said:

My first and only face 2 face assessment has two people, one who was being trained, I suppose they have to learn in a real life capacity.

Thank you for the reassurance

AnnaGreen888

mikehughescq said:

It does not reflect on a claimant in any way to reject the presence of an observer. It is within your gift to do that. The person cannot possibly be mentioned on the report as they were not part of the process. They were an observer. 

Thank you for the information.   That makes total sense.  This is all quite new to me and I've to apply for PIP, and DLA also for my child,  so it's quite overwhelming.  This puts my mind at rest.

poppy123456

It's also worth mentioning that for LCWRA it's not about scoring points, it's about satisfying at least one of the descriptors, which you can see here. https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/uc-faq/3904-limited-capability-for-work-related-activity

May i ask which one you think applies to you and why?

AnnaGreen888

poppy123456 said:

It's also worth mentioning that for LCWRA it's not about scoring points, it's about satisfying at least one of the descriptors, which you can see here. https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/uc-faq/3904-limited-capability-for-work-related-activity

May i ask which one you think applies to you and why?

Thank you for this, I'm going to have a look at it now and see if one applies.