The 3 month disqualification rule does not apply to Youthreach participants. If you are a third-level student studying full-time, you cannot claim the dole JA or JB.
You cannot sign on outside term-time, such as during the summer holidays unless you are a mature student. However, once you have finished college permanently you can claim a jobseeker's payment if you cannot find work. This is also the case if you leave college without finishing your course.
The DSP has a fast-tracking system for people who sign off JA to take up work for a short period of up to 12 weeks or to go on a short training course lasting up to 12 weeks. You must inform your Intreo Centre or local Social Welfare branch office before you start work or training.
Your Rent Supplement can also be suspended for up to 12 weeks. If you were getting an age-related reduced rate of JA and you take part in a course of education, training or an employment support scheme the appropriate personal rate of payment applicable to that course or scheme will apply as long as you are aged under When you complete the course you will go back to your previous age-related JA rate. Any means you have are deducted from this rate. Your payment can be reduced if you do not attend meetings when the DSP asks you to.
It can also be reduced if you do not take part in an appropriate employment support scheme, work experience or training. You can find out more in our document about penalties for not meeting the conditions of your jobseeker's payment.
If you qualify for JA, you get an amount for yourself, which is called the personal rate of payment. You may also get an increase in your payment for an adult dependant and any child dependants.
A child dependant is usually a child up to 18 years of age who lives with you. If you and your partner are both getting a social welfare payment, you will each get a half-rate IQC.
The means test will assess their income from the scheme in the same way as income from a job where they pay PRSI. If your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is getting a social welfare payment in his or her own right with some exceptions or is on a Further Education and Training FET course or VTOS course and getting an allowance you will not get an IQA, but you will get a half-rate increase for any qualified children.
If you live with a person aged 16 or over who is caring for your child dependant, you may be able to get an IQA for them. To apply for this IQA, you must be single, widowed, divorced, separated, a former civil partner or not living with your civil partner. You collect your JA payment every week, from your nearest post office. You must bring valid photo ID with you to collect it. This can be your:. You should apply for Jobseeker's Allowance the first day you become unemployed.
It is important to apply on the first day you become unemployed because you will not get paid for the first 3 days of your claim. If you make a late claim , it may be backdated if you provide good evidence for the delay.
More information is available in our document about signing on for the first time. If you think you have been wrongly refused Jobseeker's Allowance you can appeal the decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. Explain to the Jobcentre:. You'll need to give the number of hours you work a week. If you do a different number each week, start by thinking if you do a regular pattern. If there's no pattern to your work, count the hours you worked in the last 5 weeks and divide by 5 to get an average.
If you do a regular pattern, calculate how many hours you'd do each week if the work was spread evenly. For example if you work during 2 weeks but not the next, divide all the hours you work in the first 2 weeks by 3 because your cycle is 3 weeks. Your cycle can be a year, for example if you only work in school term time. Start with the hours you work in a week during working times.
Multiply this by the number of weeks you work in a year, and divide this by If you need help working out your working hours, contact your nearest Citizens Advice. You'll need the names of anyone you live with - whether they're family members or not. You might need to give information about their job, benefits and income, but you can still apply if you don't know. Try and get it as soon as you can or your JSA claim might be delayed.
If you're having trouble finding information you can contact your nearest Citizens Advice for help. Take a photo or screen-shot of the message that says your claim has been sent - you might need this later to prove when you first claimed. Telephone: Telephone Welsh language : Textphone: Relay UK - if you can't hear or speak on the phone, you can type what you want to say: then You can use Relay UK with an app or a textphone.
You can find out how to use video relay on YouTube. You can check if you can get income-based JSA. Make a note of the date and time you call the Jobcentre Plus. Also write down the name of the person you spoke to. You might need these details if you need to prove when you started your application. You might be able to ask for your JSA claim to be valid from an earlier date - this is called 'backdating'. 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.
There is a different process in Northern Ireland. When you apply, you can ask for your claim to be backdated by up to 3 months if you were not able to claim sooner. Your claim may not be backdated if you do not have a good reason for the delay in making your claim. Reasons for backdating your claim could include:. Apply for new style JSA. Contact Jobcentre Plus if any of the following apply:. DWP will contact you within 10 days to schedule a phone interview that you must attend.
It will normally be with a work coach from your local Jobcentre Plus office. Contact Jobcentre Plus before your appointment if you:. You can challenge a decision about your claim. This is called asking for mandatory reconsideration.
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