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Caring for someone

Caring for someone

Advice and support for carers preparing for work

If you want to combine paid work with your caring responsibilities, there is help available from your local Jobcentre Plus. This can include replacement care and benefits advice. Learn more about the help available.

Help combining work and caring

Work Focused Support for Carers provides help and advice for you to make a successful move into work.

Even if you don’t feel ready to work now, you can still take advantage of Work Focused Support for Carers. It is a voluntary service which you can choose to take part in at any time. You can also stop taking part at any time.

You will receive help and support from a Jobcentre Plus personal adviser. This might include:

  • help preparing for work
  • help to find suitable training
  • support in looking for and applying for a job

Replacement care

Your personal adviser will be able to give you advice about finding replacement care. The can also offer advice on training courses and job interviews.

You do not need to be participating in Work Focused Support for Carers to access funding for replacement care.

Who is eligible

Work Focused Support for Carers is available to carers who:

  • do not work or work less than 16 hours a week
  • are aged 18 or over
  • are not able to get help from any of the other Jobcentre Plus employment support programmes such as New Deal or Pathways to Work

How work might affect your benefits

Your personal adviser will be able to tell you about how your benefits might be affected if you start work. They will also help you apply for any benefits or tax credits you might become eligible for when you start working.

More about Work Focused Support for Carers

To find out more about Work Focused Support for Carers, contact your local Jobcentre Plus office.

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