What Funding can our Candidates Access
At Ethical Recruitment we meet with our candidates and their parents/carers to get a clear picture of what they are entitled to.
There is funding out there for our candidates and they can be eligible for more than one
PIP – Personal Independence Payment ages 16yrs to 64yrs (split between daily living and mobility)
Did you know there are 250,000 appeals to DWP decisions to take away Personal Independent Payments (PIP) from people who need care and mobility support? A staggering 66% of these are overturned at the independent tribunal, don't take NO for an answer from DWP you are entitled
Here is a useful link https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/sick-or-disabled-people-and-carers/pip/help-with-your-claim/how-to-claim/
DLA – Disability Living Allowance is being replaced by PIP unless you are under 16yrs
ESA – Employment and Support Allowance
UC – Universal Credit
Social Care Budget - Adult Care Assessment is completed by the local authority leading to a designated amount of hours of support from 10hrs to 30hrs to pay for personal assistance through a personal assistant. The rate depends on age of the candidate.
DSA - Disabled Student Allowance which can be incorporated into an Education Health Care Plan for College and University. This is funded by the Department of Education.
Access to Work – funding for travel, training, IT infrastructure once in contracted employment of 16 hours or more.
At Ethical Recruitment we use existing funding to invest in our candidates development into professional and employable consultants that do not need to rely on the benefits system.
Feedback from one of our candidates parents.....
“We’ve found out that, 21 years after being diagnosed with Autism, having full-time 1:1 support throughout school and having Disability Living Allowance for most of that time, he is now apparently cured as he has had all his allowance cut completely.
Don’t get me going about this government !!!!
They didn’t contact his doctor or his counsellor either so all they had to go on was a 20 minute interview with someone who knew diddly squat about autism. She asked him to spell “vital” and asked what change he would get from £1 if he spent 80p. When I tried to explain he doesn’t have a learning difficulty, she frowned at me.
As you can imagine we are appealing against this decision but at least our son now has paid employment through working with Ethical CLARITY.
