Original post by marcusfoxNot the jobcentre's fault is it? When they jobcentre staff gave you these jobs and told you about them, you had the opportunity to discuss any issues before you left.
How am I magically meant to know when the staff are rushing me out as its closing time and I am going through a pile of forms, oh and FYI I have aspergers and dyspraxia so have problems with information but the jobcentre dont care about those sort of needs.
I was honest and did each form in turn even though the form I had my claim suspended for I would never of got an interview I was just trying in case they gave me a chance, it wanted 2 years experience working in a retail enviroment(I had a year working in a supermarket) and essential experience in other areas I didnt have, I could of lied and said to advisor I filled in the form but I told the truth and was burned, how is that a good thing for the Jobcentre to do especially when the rules state the suspension could be as little as 2 weeks to as much as 6 months and they decided on the full 6 months! I had to sell all my possessions to even buy tins of beans each week!
Well, I can sort of see their point here. If there are jobs available, shouldn't you be taking these rather than going on courses?
There was no job available, it was a New Deal placement with an employer which the advisors own words were "there is no chance of employment out of this" they just wanted me to do it to learn how to work in a job(despite me having shop experience anyway)
If you broke your foot, you tell them, rearrange appointment, then when its in plaster, you can still get around on crutches. If it was such an injury that stops you getting about/working, then it's incapacity benefit you need, not JSA.
I DID rearrange appointment for when they came back but their systems are automated and put me down as non attending within 7 days(5 working days) therefore claim was closed, its not as if I didnt want to go in, in fact I lived 5 minutes walk from Jobcentre but they refused to let me see anyone but my advisor so it was totally their fault.
Sorry, not familiar with what you mean by "transfer a claim"? However, on appeal you were found to be at fault in some way? What was that reason exactly? Surely you were aware of the fact that you needed an appointment and that you didn't have one? Did you not chase it up?
The Jobcentre appeals system is notorious for deciding claims arent good enough even if you are right, A benefits doctor who did a health assessment for his DLA was 2 hours behind schedule so sent my dad home without an assessment and a few days later my dad got a letter saying his benefit was stopped as he failed the medical! He appealed and lost via the jobcentre method and had to take them to court, he won however but it took 6 months! During his claim they tried to make him lose his appeal before he even appealed by saying he could only get benefits if he signed on, but if he signed on he was admitting he was fit for work therefore he couldnt start an appeal!, it was so bad a security guard tried to harass him and tell him to sit down and fill out the jobseekers agreement so my dad pushed him out of the way(my dad may be ill but hes an ex policeman so he is built really big)
Anyway back to myself, a transfer is when you move towns or areas and so need to change to a different jobcentre, what they are supposed to do is fax down your claim details to a new jobcentre who call you in to sign a new jobseekers agreement and give you a sign on time, this never happened despite numerous phone calls saying "it will be in the process of doing it, wait a few days" however as I didnt attend a sign on at old jobcentre it got automatically closed, but they wouldnt open me a new claim until my appeal was sorted which took about 6-8 weeks if memory serves, then when I rang up to ask them what was happening now I won appeal they told me on the day the appeal was granted they made me an appointment and even admitted they forgot to send out the letter but I missed 2 sign on appointments therefore my claim was closed.
It is simple enough. But by easy, you mean comfortable, it really isn't meant to be. But sorry to say it, your post just reads like a lot of excuses.