Post work programme

[keiko78]

Starting a new thread as my work programme one was finished with and I'm relieved about that.

 

I've contacted Ingeus requesting a copy of their exit report. It's been a week so I think I need to contact them again.

 

The Ingeus adviser recommended to me to call a number for 'mandatory reconsideration into the support group' after they'd spoken to the jobcentre as my condition had gotten worse on the programme and they haven't been able to help me.

 

Since leaving the programme I received a letter offering me support from the jobcentre DEA but that this was voluntary. I've had too much stress and pain lately to agree to see their DEA.

 

I received the WCA form through for reassessment and its been filled in and sent back some weeks ago. So they'll be updated on my new condition. I don't know how long this will take or when will I get called in for an ATOS assessment?

 

My reassessment is slightly complicated because my partner has just started part-time work so they have 2 issues to sort out. I don't even know if Ill get ESA because he works 21 hours per week.

 

This has had a knock on affect, his carers allowance has stopped and my housing benefit has stopped.

 

My latest 2 letters from them 3 weeks ago said; firstly that my claim for ESA had cancelled. (We think this happened because my partner started what he thought was part-time work but was over the limit making it fulltime, then he got changed to another department taking him under the limit).

The 2nd letter said I was entitled to ESA but only £35 per week.

 

I've received a WFI from jobcentre but had to get my partner to argue the fact that I'm totally unable to get to the appointment as usual so a phone call. Again a problem but we got through it. The 'work coach' wanted to know how I got on in the work programme, so I explained I'd made it to a large amount of the appointments but much less in the last section of it.

 

I told her I'd finished a course at college with great difficulty and with advice from my gp to concentrate on pain relief for my condition rather than start a new course and was told by the work coach that as I'm currently in the WRAG I need to be in some kind of training.

 

I have told her I'm unable to (I can't do it, I can't afford it and I can't access most places and I'm over 25! I've done the free courses like functional skills and gcses.

I felt so angry ]when I came off the phone.

 

Am I still mandated to take part in these unhelpful interviews while I'm in the reassessment process?

 

Any comments/advice are welcomed and I thank you in advance.