Benefits and TRYING to go back to work
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Hi all ?
I'm looking for some help and advice.
I got diagnosed with ME/CFS 9yrs ago & recently I've been considering trying to see if I'm capable of doing some form of work.
I'm currently receiving ESA (support group), PIP (high care), housing benefit and council tax.
I have had to fight so hard for my benefits since day dot and it worries me speaking to DWP with my thoughts that I could suddenly lose my benefits.
Has anyone been in this situation before? If so, what happened?
I live by myself and it worries me that I could end up loosing my home because my benefits get taken away.
Would I be moved over from ESA support group to the WRAG. Or universal credits? Would I have to make a new claim for UC and then I'd lose the legacy benefits side.
I understand I wouldn't be able to do more than 16hrs within permitted & I know I certainly would be lucky if I could manage 16hrs a week. I don't even know if I could sustain a job, but I really want to try.
Any help, advice or previous experience would be greatly appreciated
I'm looking for some help and advice.
I got diagnosed with ME/CFS 9yrs ago & recently I've been considering trying to see if I'm capable of doing some form of work.
I'm currently receiving ESA (support group), PIP (high care), housing benefit and council tax.
I have had to fight so hard for my benefits since day dot and it worries me speaking to DWP with my thoughts that I could suddenly lose my benefits.
Has anyone been in this situation before? If so, what happened?
I live by myself and it worries me that I could end up loosing my home because my benefits get taken away.
Would I be moved over from ESA support group to the WRAG. Or universal credits? Would I have to make a new claim for UC and then I'd lose the legacy benefits side.
I understand I wouldn't be able to do more than 16hrs within permitted & I know I certainly would be lucky if I could manage 16hrs a week. I don't even know if I could sustain a job, but I really want to try.
Any help, advice or previous experience would be greatly appreciated
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Hey ? thanks for your response.
I did consider this but I understood I would still need to be in a different group/ benefit which would still pose the same questions as above???0 -
Thanks for that woodbine. But from what I can see it doesn't answer what I'm looking to know when it comes to the fact I'm in the support group.
I'm really keen to know more on the situation when it comes to trying to get back into work and the above. Many thanks0 -
Hu there
If in support group you are allowed to work up to 16 hours like you quote this is permitted work
It will not affect your esa or support group
You will have to inform dwp if you start work and the work must not contradict the reason you are in support group
It could prompt a reassessment
But you don't need to move to uc or be put in a different group unless a reassessment puts you in another group0 -
The whole point of the permitted work rules is to allow you to try work, or do limited work, without losing benefit.
Provided you do not exceed the permitted work limits you will remain in the Support Group until such time as you are reassessed and a different decision made about your status. If the type of work you undertake contradicts the reasons you are in the Support Group that might prompt a reassessment.1 -
Thanks for your replies folks, really appreciate it.
I understood that you couldn't do any kind of paid work whilst you were getting ESA support group. So that's interesting to know.
So would this mean I could still receive what I currently get in benefits as well what I earn?
Sorry if I'm coming across thick, but I am so scared that trying to get my life back to some kind of normal and taking the first step could lead to me not affording my home. As I said, I haven't worked for 9yrs now and I really would like to try0 -
Yes you will still get your benefits as you do now and be able to earn from work as long as you don't exceed the limits of permitted work1
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So am I best speaking to DWP & explaining I want to try and do permitted work before I find a job? Or after I've found one?0
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As explained in the rules, when you find work you should inform them before you start
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employment-and-support-allowance-permitted-work-form/permitted-work-factsheet
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