Do all 18 years old go on UC if they cannot find a job

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Do the family needs to show their income or the new adult is considered their own financial unit now , even if they live with the parents and their UC is given them

They would have died or gone into prostitution and still ended up addicted and addled. People cannot live on fresh air.

Where are the jobs for 18yo school leavers? That's the question that you, in your rush to victim-blame, do not ask.

Kids get SEN diagnosis.

Do you have any idea how hard it is even to get your kid assessed?

According to you. Thankfully not everyone agrees

They would’ve been less fussy and taken whatever work was available. They would’ve avoided addiction, stayed busy and learned to provide for themselves.

why don't we just bring back national service and be done with it eh. Or have folk sweep the streets?

Sensible suggestions for once. (Taking it at face value)

scottishgirl69 have you claimed benefits?

Sorry. I said earlier in the thread that I'm on disability benefits for a short period of time because of an accident that left me hospitalised. I really don't need to explain myself to you any further on any level

Explains why you support freebies though.

And after 18 all of that needs paying for… Education isn’t free forever!
Some employers might pay as part of an apprenticeship but apprenticeships are wildly competitive.

18 year olds don't get 350 pounds a month UC. They get 316. You do understand that when someone is in the all work group on UC they don't just get sitting around doing nothing. They have to evidence that they job seeking for 35 hours a week or face being sanctioned. Total la la land stuff here. You clearly know nothing about addiction either and how people feed a habit on or off benefits (qualified addiction worker speaking).

scottishgirl69 Sorry to hear about your accident. Surely you should have compensation for the accident. Insurance?

Wouldn't that have helped your temporary situation more than benefits?

The point that has been made many many times on this thread is that jobs are extremely hard to come by!!

I worked on a supermarket checkout, along with about 15-20 other people. I can’t remember the last time I saw that many staffed checkouts.

@Playingvideogames but to "earn" that £300 they should be out job seeking, attending interviews, job fairs, training groups for CV writing or interview skills.
If the Job Centres aren't insisting on that then that's part of the issue.
It's not supposed to be £300 to sit around doing nothing. So why does it happen?

No. I broke my leg at home - insurance isn't going to cover that.

To actually answer the question you asked, some 18 year olds will claim uc if they havent been able to secure employment.
Parental income is not taken into account and uc is a very low amount of around £300 a month. Enough to pay for their transport costs (to enable them to attend further job interviews) and for other essential items. I imagine some 18 year olds will also use it to pay for driving lessons. In the real world, outside of mn privilege of course.

I am on a monthly salary now, but I can remember not being able to afford to eat sometimes. There is very little more frightening, and yet it still doesn't have this magical effect of making a/another job appear out of nowhere.

If streets need sweeping (as suggested up thread) why isn't it available as an actual job.
If councils employed someone to clean the streets then that person wouldn't need UC.... because they will have a job 😂

Agree. I was in the city on Saturday afternoon shopping with my teenage son. All the high street fashion stores had one maybe 2 tills open and queues 15 mins long. They just aren’t employing so many staff.

Does it now. Would you want to fall and snap your fibula. Tibia and medial - smash your leg so badly you can't walk for months. Have to have your leg pinned back together? Have a ten inch plate in your left leg and two screws in your ankle. I effectively snapped my ankle - I was told if I didn't have the operation I would have arthritis.

Sure. I really wanted to have that happen to me for an extra 400 quid a month. That's correct.

I actually didn't get extra money for breaking my leg initially. I had to go to tribunal and my lcwra award is just about to run out. I also had a job offer just before I broke it. I would much rather not have had that accident and have been able to take that job offer up.

Your posts are completely offensive - and uncalled for. Abelist to boot

I refer you to my last post about not being able to afford food.

It was actually safer on benefits because I wasn't a cancelled shift away from going hungry on benefits. I was working two jobs at the time, one was zero hours.

You are correct. But IME, and speaking to others that I know, they aren't overly strict on this. If you attend a job fair and get the little slip of paper to say you attended, that counts as your whole weeks search. Even if you only stay 10mins. Even if someone else goes for you.

Oh and by the way. Im in my 50s. I paid taxes for decades. I don't need someone telling me that I support "freebies" when I have paid plenty into the system.

Unsurprisingly I’m still waiting for @arethereanyleftatall to make contact to let me know how my 18 year old daughter can get a job because “Let’s face it. An 18 year old can get a job”

Some US states tried "workfare". It hasn't worked very well.

If a job needs doing, it should be an actual job for wages. UC is not wages.

I'm honestly stunned at this thread. The job centre can actually help young people with training. I have my SIA badge although I've not worked in the industry myself for a while. I got mine paid for by the Scottish govt because they have a scheme called ILA. I think the name has changed now. If you were earning under 22k a year you got 200 pounds towards a training course.

But the job centre can also fund SIA badges particularly for young people. They can help with interview skills. They can help with funds for interview clothes. Why shouldn't young people who are entitled to claim UC claim it and get support into training or get something paid for that will help support them into work? It's not just about people sitting on their backside taking in 300 quid a month - it's about getting support to get a job.

Are you the poster upthread who claimed 18year olds couldn’t possibly be babysitters and then another rant a few posts on about all the money going to immigrants? If so, I couldn’t be arsed to respond, it wasn’t worth my time.

I used to be an extreme libertarian and then I toned myself down. But I still agree that it's taken at threat of violence. I also pay taxes for the roads. Roads can exist work without government.