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Sioux

I'm on universal credit and it is very true that they constantly press you to apply for any job whether suitable or not. I'm really struggling to deal with the dwp and fear that I will be sanctioned over my inability to accept that I must apply for any and all jobs over minimum wage. Zero hours contracts and rotating shift patterns don't suit me but I can't seem to express myself clearly and these are the jobs they are forcing me to apply for. I need my routine as I get lost in time regularly otherwise. Why can't the dwp accept that some of us can't work chaotic hours? My last job changed from set shifts to a rota and after 9 years there I just couldn't cope anymore. I feel so stressed that I can hardly function at all at the moment, worrying that my benefits will be cut when they are already too low to live off, and stressing about becoming homeless if I can't find suitable work. It's all a bit too much for me right now with the dwp focusing on getting me a job in a supermarket at the moment I could just cry. I can't stand those places, I practically never go shopping unless I really have too. How can they expect me to be able to hold a job down in a setting I can't cope with for short visits, never mind a week's work hours? Grrrr sorry for whinging.

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  • i was sanctioned last summer and still in the sanction until 2018 for not goin to group sessions and appointments at the work programme, there is some truth to the previous posts that the job centre does not cater to your needs and is basically a sanction centre more than anything, i noted to them for my claimant commitment that i have social anxiety - I didn't say asperger syndrome because most staff there either don't care or don't understand what it is.

    Most of what i said fell on deaf ears, they wanted me to apply to any job in the area, including a recently opened high-end clothing chain, which I have no chance of getting in, regardless of me suggesting I don't want to work in retail.

    My UC claim was stopped because I stopped going to the program and JCP, and because fortunately found employment (casual part-time) through the program I would no longer need to claim benefits. Though I haven't started yet, i remain hopeful I will never have to go to the jobcentre ever again.

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  • i was sanctioned last summer and still in the sanction until 2018 for not goin to group sessions and appointments at the work programme, there is some truth to the previous posts that the job centre does not cater to your needs and is basically a sanction centre more than anything, i noted to them for my claimant commitment that i have social anxiety - I didn't say asperger syndrome because most staff there either don't care or don't understand what it is.

    Most of what i said fell on deaf ears, they wanted me to apply to any job in the area, including a recently opened high-end clothing chain, which I have no chance of getting in, regardless of me suggesting I don't want to work in retail.

    My UC claim was stopped because I stopped going to the program and JCP, and because fortunately found employment (casual part-time) through the program I would no longer need to claim benefits. Though I haven't started yet, i remain hopeful I will never have to go to the jobcentre ever again.

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