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Universal Credit Claim

Catlady31

Hello,

I have been advised by a Benefits Advisor that my son who is a young adult and newly diagnosed may receive Universal Credit whilst looking for work.

May I ask if any of you claim this and was it easy to claim for? It was also mentioned that he may require a fit to work assessment.  Have any members had to do this and what was involved may I ask?

My son gets very anxious and I'm concerned he will struggle with doing this so I have to help him.

Many thanks for any help.

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  • Making a universal credit claim is easy.

    The difficult part is attending weekly job centre appointments and convincing the employment advisors that you are spending at least 35 hours per week job hunting.  Failure to do that or miss an appointment and you get no payments.

  • in reply to Robert124

    HI Robert124, thank you for your reply.  I really don't think my son is capable of spending all that time looking and applying.  To date, I have had to do any paperwork and application forms for jobs he has applied for as he just can't do them - He struggles processing what he reads and never knows what to say on them.  I would have to attend the weekly job centre appointments with him too as he easily forgets what people say to him and wouldn't help answering questions they put to him.  We were told he may need to have an interview by the benefits people to assess his fitness to work.

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  • in reply to Robert124

    HI Robert124, thank you for your reply.  I really don't think my son is capable of spending all that time looking and applying.  To date, I have had to do any paperwork and application forms for jobs he has applied for as he just can't do them - He struggles processing what he reads and never knows what to say on them.  I would have to attend the weekly job centre appointments with him too as he easily forgets what people say to him and wouldn't help answering questions they put to him.  We were told he may need to have an interview by the benefits people to assess his fitness to work.

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