My husband works can i claim jsa

You will not usually receive any money for the first seven days of your claim. These are called waiting days. If you are under 18 call the Gingerbread Single Parent Helpline on for advice. This is called a sanction. See the Gingerbread factsheet Sanctions for more information.

The most commonly used special rules are listed below. To help your Jobcentre Plus adviser give you the correct information you should tell them that you are a single parent. These situations include:. Talk to your Jobcentre Plus adviser and explain your situation. For more information on sanctions see the Gingerbread factsheet Sanctions.

Jobcentre Plus will ask you to show that you have looked for childcare and to explain why you think it is not appropriate. You can get details of childcare in your area from your local Family Information Service. Jobcentre Plus should look into what happened and they must show that you left your job voluntarily.

See the Gingerbread factsheet Sanctions. A person acting in an official capacity could be a health care professional, police officer, social worker or person working for a charity or other body, such as a refuge worker.

For more information on these rules, call the Gingerbread Single Parent Helpline on You must tell Jobcentre Plus about any money you earn, as this affects the amount of benefit you get.

If a job becomes available for 16 hours a week or more, you must be prepared to give up your part-time job or take on more hours. The following are the weekly amounts payable to a single parent family. These amounts assume the single parent is over 18, lives in rented housing, does not work and has no other income. It also assumes that no-one in the family has a disability or long-term health problem, or is caring for somebody who does. Some income, such as child maintenance, is not counted.

School uniforms: it is up to your local council what, if any, help they give with the cost of school uniforms. Contact your local council. Apply directly to their school or college. This is a loan to help you pay the interest on your mortgage. Contact the Gingerbread Single Parent Helpline for advice.

Housing benefit is available if you live in private rented, local authority or housing association accommodation. Help with council tax: if you are the only adult in your home that has to pay council tax, you qualify for a 25 per cent discount on the bill. You may also qualify for help with the rest of the bill through your local council tax reduction scheme. Apply at your local council. Extra help with rent: if you get housing benefit but need extra financial help to pay the rent, you can ask your local council for a top-up payment.

This is called a discretionary housing payment. Jobseeker's Allowance. What should I do next? To get New Style JSA, you must be: either unemployed or working fewer than 16 hours a week under State Pension age available and actively looking for work. UK to make a claim online. Step 2: Attend an interview with Jobcentre Plus Part of the application process requires you to attend an interview with Jobcentre Plus.

What extra money are you entitled to? Become part of our story Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram. You could get JSA for up to 3 months before you applied. You can only backdate your claim if you have a good reason - for example a close relative died or you were given wrong advice by the Jobcentre.

You'll usually need to have looked for a job and been available for work from the day you want your JSA to start. If this wasn't possible, you can still ask to backdate your claim but you'll need a good reason.

This can be the same reason you give for wanting to backdate. When you apply you'll be asked when you want the claim to start. Give the date you'd have applied if you could, for example the date you were given wrong advice. You'll need to give evidence to show why you didn't apply earlier. For example, if the Jobcentre gave you wrong information you could provide emails or letters showing what they told you. You'll also need to prove you've been job hunting and available for work.

Keep anything that shows this, for example copies of job applications or emails showing you registered with a job website. It can be difficult to prove that you're entitled to backdated payments - contact your nearest Citizens Advice if you need help. You'll get a text or phone call inviting you to an interview at the Jobcentre to finish your claim. If you don't get this after 2 working days, call your Jobcentre.

The number will be on the interview invitation - or you can look up their contact details on GOV. You should plan for your interview by thinking about the job hunting and working arrangements that will be suitable for you.

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There are different application processes if you're either: claiming new style JSA adding income-based JSA to your existing claim for contribution-based JSA You'll need to gather the personal information you need, then apply online or by phone.