× Members

Hello, New & need advice. ESA (Sorry long)

More
13 years 2 months ago #44559 by Judy
Stay strong Claire, you have come to a good site.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Claire79
  • Topic Author
13 years 2 months ago #44643 by Claire79
Replied by Claire79 on topic Re:Hello, New & need advice. ESA (Sorry long)
Hi Guys,


Thank you for all your replies, it has helped a lot (my stress levels alone!)

The advisor came this afternoon and she went through a lot of stuff. She has requested both of my mm's medical reports and the DM's comments or statement of reasons. But we identified a descriptor that could get her back into the support group and to be honest i don't even remember it even being discussed at the medical. But once we get the reports we can take it from there.

I also phoned the JCP and requested that the pathways interview take place in a private room and they agreed :woohoo: ! Their attitude was actually quite pleasant, which is a far cry from this time last year.

But i am still a little worried at what they might try to get her to agree to tomorrow and if they are going to view her as being uncooperative as there is no action or training that is going to improve her chances of employment, also she has not been given the work-focused health-related assessment so non of this has been discussed before-hand in a appropriate setting.

Claire

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
13 years 2 months ago #44660 by Derek4
Hi Claire

The WFHRA no longer takes place (officially it has been suspended for two years) as the DWP have realised that it was a complete waste of time, and of no benefit to anyone.

People's experiences of Pathways to Work interviews vary. You may get a very sympathetic advisor who feels that you mum shouldn't even be there, or you may get someone who tries convince her that she can climb Mount Everest!

Either way, in all probabilities, I think it is unlikely that she will be asked to carry out any activity at the first interview. It's more for the purpose of explaining what will happen over the course of her claim and giving you lots of pieces of paper. Cooperation at this stage should only require that she listens to and discusses whatever they want to talk about.

As she is likely to be appealing to get into the support group, they may defer the interviews to a later date. If not, you can always ask them to do this to give her more time.

Assuming this is her first interview and it is conducted with JCP, it's possible that the remainder of the interviews will be with a private sector company; they tend to be much more reasonable with claimants than JCP.

Best of luck tomorrow.

Derek

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

Moderators: GordonGaryBISCatherineWendyKellygreekqueenpeterKatherineSuper UserjimmckChris
We use cookies

We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience (tracking cookies). You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Please note that if you reject them, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the site.