So this replaces working tax credits and income support, which i know a lot of foster carers are on, because lets face it, fostering doesn't pay the bills.
As universal credit is rolled in, if you are a single foster carer you will have to go to a work related interview and regular intervals.
If you foster in a couple and neither of you work other than fostering. The main carer goes to the work related interviews and the other has to actively seek work and attend interviews or your benefits stop.
Or if one of you fosters full time, partner works part time. Partner has to actively look for a full time job and go to an interview for any job the dwp tells you to that offers more hours.
I guess you can tell from my post that im not happy about the new way things will be done and it wont even affect me and my family. Wondered what others are feeling.
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Mummypenny · 07/10/2013 14:33
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