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5 months 1 week ago #292499 by Jane52
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Can you explain how disability and being unwell affects claiming universal credit. I have my first meeting at the job centre re my universal credit tomorrow. I have been unwell over last few days with a cold and temperature and being unwell has caused me to have a seizure ( I have epilepsy). I have not worked over the last few days as I recover. When claiming tax credits I would just catch up on work when feeling better. Can you explain how this works under univeral credit as I have a disability and long term illness and there will be times when I need to reduce my work as I recover. Thank you for help
Can you explain how disability and being unwell affects claiming universal credit. I have my first meeting at the job centre re my universal credit tomorrow. I have been unwell over last few days with a cold and temperature and being unwell has caused me to have a seizure ( I have epilepsy). I have not worked over the last few days as I recover. When claiming tax credits I would just catch up on work when feeling better. Can you explain how this works under univeral credit as I have a disability and long term illness and there will be times when I need to reduce my work as I recover. Thank you for help
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5 months 1 week ago #292516 by Gary
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Hi Jane52
When you have your appointment with your workcoach, you need to explain how your condition affects you, if you can get a fit note from your doctor, then give it to your workcoach.
At your first meeting tomorrow, your workcoach will discuss your current situation, at this stage you need to raise your ill health, yourworkcoach will then produce a claimant commitment for you to sign, this is a contract and until it is signed your UC claim does not go live.
The conditions for claiming Universal Credit are set out in a "claimant commitment" that most people will have to accept at the beginning of their claim. If you are part of a couple, you will each have a separate claimant commitment that may be different from each other's.
People who may not need to accept a commitment include those who lack capacity, those who have exceptional circumstances where it would be unreasonable to expect them to agree a commitment (this is decided by the work coach on a case by case basis), or, From 15 February 2022 people with a terminal illness and less than 6 months to live were also excluded, and from 4 April 2023 this was extended to 12 months. There are 4 conditionality groups:
* Group 1. No work related requirements
* Group 2. Work-focused interview requirement
* Group 3. Work preparation requirement
* Group 4. All work-related requirements
www.entitledto.co.uk/help/Claimant-commitment-Universal-Credit
Gary
When you have your appointment with your workcoach, you need to explain how your condition affects you, if you can get a fit note from your doctor, then give it to your workcoach.
At your first meeting tomorrow, your workcoach will discuss your current situation, at this stage you need to raise your ill health, yourworkcoach will then produce a claimant commitment for you to sign, this is a contract and until it is signed your UC claim does not go live.
The conditions for claiming Universal Credit are set out in a "claimant commitment" that most people will have to accept at the beginning of their claim. If you are part of a couple, you will each have a separate claimant commitment that may be different from each other's.
People who may not need to accept a commitment include those who lack capacity, those who have exceptional circumstances where it would be unreasonable to expect them to agree a commitment (this is decided by the work coach on a case by case basis), or, From 15 February 2022 people with a terminal illness and less than 6 months to live were also excluded, and from 4 April 2023 this was extended to 12 months. There are 4 conditionality groups:
* Group 1. No work related requirements
* Group 2. Work-focused interview requirement
* Group 3. Work preparation requirement
* Group 4. All work-related requirements
www.entitledto.co.uk/help/Claimant-commitment-Universal-Credit
Gary
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