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Catherine21
Catherine21 Posts: 8,008 Championing
edited October 17 in Benefits and income

Been reading that Dwp will be looking at people with mental health bad backs high blood pressure adhd for tailored support in getting back to work with talking therapies ect I cant even be bothered to worry anymore I relize like most of us do they dont care about us this country noting I hope and prey by some miracle they get outed or he does but tbh its going to hard thier talking of face to face assessments bank checks

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  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,602 Championing

    It surely makes sense to help those closest to the jobs market, but there must actually be real help, not just window dressing.

    I tend to think any 'help' will be as useless as it's ever been, sadly. Just red meat for the red tops (tabloids).

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 318 Empowering

    Hopefully they wont stop benefits until the talking therapy actually helps enough so they can actually work, and that's 'if' it helps, for some people it may never help them enough. Stopping their benefits before they're able to mentally cope with work will just make their mental health worse, plunge them into poverty and I am sure will kill a lot of people, either due to suicide or starvation.

  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,604 Championing

    @Catherine21

    The DWP announced yesterday they will offer mental health and peer support to help people get back into work. See link below.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mental-health-support-and-peer-support-networks-to-get-people-back-into-work-as-local-areas-get-80-million-funding-boost

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 8,008 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1075954#Comment_1075954

    Sounds great yh in reality means pushing people who already suffer to the brink i suppose alot of us habe to face reality that we will have a big fight on our hands as if it wasnt hard enough before also seen bad backs high blood pressure who knows I think its the criteria stating that a condition has to be constant like 24/7 sorry so bad at explaining so if you are deemed as having spouts of remission then you wont qualify thats my understanding you now what im not going to worry they are literally throwing everything at everyone what can we do its strange I emailed my mp and no email confirmation case number noting they really dont represent us at all well he obviously doesn't wish could make a community where we all helped each other if you really see how they broken down society majority of us live on our own reliant on them the best place to live is Poland apparently I decided I can only do this life one day at a time everyday I tell myself something wonderful is going to happen over and over and over I will not let them destroy me I know I wont survive in the real world I just wont but as for today im ok and thats the only way for me to survive and when time comes I will fight them I will get all letters proof everything and I will tell them exactly how I feel and what effects they are having yh they probley don't care but I will stick up for myself the best I can I cant say what I think of them but who would have thought any of this would happen hope your ok ps im phoning my mps office at 10 to ask if thier job descriptions have changed ie representing the people

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 8,008 Championing

    The sad part of all this is they really dont care and the whole of the UK can see this now before uses to be us elderly refugees now going for everyone what can be done thats the question we really need to be asking all law firms quiet dpac quiet doesn't seem anyone representing us i could be wrong

  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,604 Championing

    @Catherine21

    Catherine, I checked the UK job vacancies today, just to see what we are actually dealing with. There are 717,000 vacancies across the whole of the UK. And there are 4.3 million people on long-term sickness or disability. That is one job for every six people, and that is before you even ask if the job is local, accessible, or remotely suitable.

    And yet they have spent millions on schemes to get people back to work. All these pilots, platforms, nudges, contracts with private firms, and now they are placing employment coaches in GP surgeries and mental health services. I mean, really? If I were looking for work, the last place I would go is the job centre. Not one proper employer, and I know plenty, has advertised there in years.

    The DWP says it is about wellbeing, treating employment as part of recovery. But let us be honest, it is just a quiet rebrand. They are turning long term sick claimants into jobseekers, whether they are fit to work or not. It is not about support. It is about cutting the bill and shifting the blame.

    Meanwhile, employers are being taxed to the hilt, especially with national insurance, and smaller firms simply cannot keep staff. That is why vacancies have dropped for 39 consecutive periods. It is not that people are not trying. It is that the jobs are not there.

    And here is why. The nature of work is changing. Computers and artificial intelligence are already replacing roles in retail, transport, manufacturing, and admin. Robots do not call in sick, and algorithms do not need lunch breaks. It is cheaper, faster, and more predictable for companies to automate. This is not decades away. It is already happening.

    Other governments are facing this head on. They know jobs are disappearing, and they are planning for it. Some are trialling basic income. Others are testing guaranteed payments or expanding support for people who cannot work. They are not pretending everyone will be in a job. They are preparing for a future where many will not be, and making sure those people are not left behind.

    Our government needs to do the same. Stop chasing statistics. Start building security. Make sure people have enough to live on, whether they are working or not. Because when the jobs go, the duty to protect stays.

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,602 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1075940#Comment_1075940

    Being ready to go back to work is neither here nor there, as i'm sure you appreciate. The employers don't want damaged goods, or those with large gaps in their employment history.

    I've said it many times, and I still say it; if HMG are serious about helping disabled people into work, they have to offer incentives, government funded schemes to the employers. This will never happen, as it is more costly than leaving us on benefits.

    It is all performative, 'something must be done' rhetoric.

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