Advice as his career and parent applying for UC

Shantell18
Shantell18 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited January 2022 in Universal Credit (UC)
I Have a 19 year old son with Austim and mental health issues about to apply for him to recieve universal credit what advice can you give me as his career and parent he is not mentally able to work.

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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hello @Shantell18 thanks for joining the community and reaching out with your query. To help our members find it I've moved your post into our Universal Credit category, and edited the title. 

    How can we help? Is there something you're especially having trouble with in the application?

    Alex
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    May I ask if your son is still a student? 
  • Shantell18
    Shantell18 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    @poppy123456 my son is not a student
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Thanks for that information. When you claim UC for your son you need to make sure you report his health condition onto the journal then send in fit notes from his GP. This will start the work capability assessment process off. He should then be referred for the work capability assessment after day 29 of his claim. He will then be sent the work capability assessment form to fill in and return.
    Is he capable of looking after his own claim? If he can't then i'd advise you to start the claim as if you were him. Once it's submitted, put a message onto his journal to ask if you can become his appointee and this will be arranged by his work coach. This is exactly what i did when i claimed UC for my daughter in January last year.

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