Advice on permitted work please
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ann1957
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Hi
I think this forum is great btw.
Advice please....
I am 63 year old female
Live alone
I have been awarded UC Lcwra support rate of 644 and get contribution based eesa of 497 monthly for PTSD the UC includes housing benefit of 407. I have also been awarded 150 discretiinary housing support until October 2021.
There is an opportunity to do some admin work for a local charity approx 10 hours per week from home at 12.00 per hour ie 120 per week.The hours are flexible and I can do the hours whenever, fitting it around disturbed sleep and anxiety levels.
Can I please ask whether taking this role would affect any of my benefits and by how much?
Thank you.
I think this forum is great btw.
Advice please....
I am 63 year old female
Live alone
I have been awarded UC Lcwra support rate of 644 and get contribution based eesa of 497 monthly for PTSD the UC includes housing benefit of 407. I have also been awarded 150 discretiinary housing support until October 2021.
There is an opportunity to do some admin work for a local charity approx 10 hours per week from home at 12.00 per hour ie 120 per week.The hours are flexible and I can do the hours whenever, fitting it around disturbed sleep and anxiety levels.
Can I please ask whether taking this role would affect any of my benefits and by how much?
Thank you.
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Hi @ann1957 welcome to the forum,
https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/calculate-your-benefits/
Use that to calculate your earnings with the job, it will tell you how much you are entitled to -
Hi @ann1957 - & welcome to the community. As far as UC goes, as you get help with your housing, you have a work allowance of £293 a month. For every pound over that amount your UC is reduced by 63p. So, £520 - £293 = £227 x £0.63 = £143 which would be the amount your UC would be reduced by using £520 as your monthly earnings for example (£120 x 52 divided by 12 = £520).
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