Pathways to work
Hi everyone, apologies for not being here for ages, and a brief fly-by now as I'm down with a bug. But came across a new document published by the gov this morning and thought you'd all want to know. It's about their Pathways to Work program.
From what I understand everyone on LCW and LCWRA will be contacted next week onwards by an adviser and offered options under their Pathways to Work scheme, which could include work trials or additional support if you're already into work.
The important point to note is that this offer is OPT IN, in otherwords, you should not be penalised if you decide it's not for you. You should also bear in mind that, as the gov says, the incentive behind this scheme is to cut the welfare bill. Here's the link if you want to read further:
Take care everyone, and take your time to consider options before you take up offers…
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Yes I saw this, worried though, that they may hound you. Timms is a disgrace
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I started on this a while back, until they turned round and said it wasn't suitable because for various reasons I can't work full time or evenings or weekends, which are pretty much mandatory in my chosen trade, retail.
I now have fortnightly appointments with Autism Plus, I've been with them before for employment support, yet until a few weeks back, they kept telling me that because I'm considerably over 25 (50 tomorrow), I don't qualify for the funding! What's changed in the last 6 months?
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Opt in for now they want to break peoples spirits make it so bad your come off benefits its inhumane
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Advice on the Benefits And Work forum are that those on LCWRA should just ignore the message. No need to reply at all. It is voluntary for now.
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Thankyou
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I might have praised it if it offered a pathway to NHS treatment. For me I have a day to day mission to be able to get out of bed, get some food, go toilet and wash.
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For me, I've always wanted to work and have a career but never had the chance due to my health. I'm finally at a good stable point in my life at the moment, whereby I can say I really want to try have a successful career again and want to find work. But saying that the job itself has to be suitable for my needs, hence only looking at the hybrid style of working whereby I atleast get 1/2 of 5 days working from home.
I just don't want to end up in a situation, whereby I start work and months or a year later I fall ill again and end up back to square one. But I have to atleast try, for my own sake. Nothing would please me more than having a stable career I could rely on, come off benefits and not have to worry about the constant worry and hounding from DWP.
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It can't be a bad thing though if some want to get back into the work field. So if they found you fit for work, what would you do?..Do you have to go on Job Seekers?.
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This sounds exactly like what they were offering last year.
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I share your goals, however, because I can't work long hours, I'll never be able to earn enough to live comfortably without still being on benefits.
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Thanks for sharing @FeistyPigeon - great to have you back, even if just a flying visit to drop off some really helpful information. I hope you're doing ok. Don't be a stranger.
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Indeed, what gets me though is that for some disabled people, it'd be mentally and/or physically impossible for them to work.
But the government don't seem to understand/care about that.
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Also from the same website,it says if you ignore the message,they book you for an appointment anyway-
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Its draining already im phone claim god gonna have to call to decline ah oneday at a time makes people more ill
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Ok. So maybe best to reply to any message with a polite "no, I'm not well enough to take part in this at the moment, thank you"? Something like that? What will you other people on here say?
Would be interesting to hear from anyone on here who has received the Pathways message. What did you do, ignore or politely decline?
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Looks like i will have to call and say no i mean thats a hell of alot people they have to contact im just taking oneday at a time
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It is a lot of people to contact. I'm desperately trying to take it one day at a time too, v difficult. Sorry to hear you will have to do it by phone call.
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In 2023 sunak speech took me down was awful time i thought the worse that was 3 years ago so im telling myself one day at a time i do get panic attacks but like you said not well enough and it takes so much energy and the whole media operates on fear very messed up yes oneday at a time we have scope and we all support and umderstand the struggle we are not alone
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Universal Credit is for job seekers. In that scenario they would lose the LCWRA health element, and have to show the Work Coach that they were doing so many hours of job seeking each week to remain entitled to the basic rate of UC and avoid sanctions.
New Style Job Seekers Allowance is contribution based and requires NI contributions from work within the past 2 years. So the majority of people currently on LCWRA would not qualify for that.
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Catherine, if you get a text message, it is a notification, not a demand. It is just an automated FYI that the scheme exists, and you can safely ignore it.
You do not need to explain anything. They already know you are too unwell to work and are not expecting you to engage.
I look at it like this, once they get you on the phone, it will not stay a simple “no thanks.” Advisers are trained to encourage people to take part, so calling invites a whole conversation you do not need.
Unless you genuinely want to learn about the scheme, I would strongly advise not to engage in any shape or form and just delete the message.
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