Unsure if DD will secure employment and entitlements

[MazeFaze]

My DD (ADHD possibly ASD) is currently at Uni due to finish this year. I’m not sure she’ll be able to secure employment due to anxiety (hates interviews) and doesn’t come across very well. Also not sure she’ll be able to work 7 hours a day as she gets very tired after Uni.
If she can’t secure any employment is there anything she can claim for? She does have some money following passing of her grandparent. Also any advice welcome? Thanks in advance

How much is ‘some money’? That will affect what DD can apply for.

Just bumping for more traffic. No life changing amount. Anyone got any experience of this in respect of applying for benefits?

I can provide more information if you say what ‘some money’ is. It doesn’t need to be a life changing amount to affect benefit entitlement.

Following (trying not to hijack!) as was gong to post similar - son is at college - 19 and diagnosed with Autism. Will be hard for him to find employment as very few qualifications from secondary school so wondering if he would be entitled to anything whether a) he stays on for a 3rd year at college or b) leaves to try and find suitable work. think he has around £6k from a government Child Trust Fund and some money (around 1k) he got from a relative.

@scotgal2017 If in England and your son has EHCP have you heard of Supported Internships? That is the plan for my DD to help her in to work.

@MazeFaze There is Universal Credit but if you have more than 16k (??) you can't claim it. She could also try to work part time if she can't work full time. What's her degree in? She can ask for adjustments for interviews with anxiety I believe.

@scotgal2017 A) some full-time students are eligible for UC. That includes disabled students who are in receipt of PIP and have established limited capability for work/limited capability for work and work related activity before the start of their course. To establish this beforehand, you make a credits only New Style ESA claim. From the September following DS’s 19th birthday, if he remains in full-time non-advanced education, it can be possible to claim without establishing LCW/LCWRA before the start of the course. See more here and here.

B) If DS leaves education, he (or an appointee on his behalf if he is unable to manage a claim) would be able to claim UC whether he had LCW/LCWRA or is found fit to work. If he is found fit to work, he would have commitments to search for employment.

Any UC in both A&B would be reduced slightly because DS’s capital is over £6k.

There is also PIP if DS isn’t already in receipt.

Thanks for this (DD has 15k). We’ve just been looking at pt jobs and she’s seen a few of interest. She’s studying law and criminology.

DD will be able to claim UC once her course has officially ended. Although it will be significantly reduced because of her capital and would stop at £16k.

If she is unable to work, she will need a fit note from the GP. If she goes down this route, she will have a work capability assessment (WCA). The outcome of the assessment will be she has limited capability for work and work related activity (LCWRA), limited capability for work (LCW), or found fit for work. With LCWRA, there won’t be commitments to seek work or prepare for work and there will be an extra element on the claim. With LCW, there may be commitments to prepare for work in the future. This could be things like attending courses. If she is found fit for work, there will be commitments to seek employment.

Is DD in receipt of PIP now?