Hubby reduntant - have no idea what to do next!! Help!!

[bossboggle]

Hubby has just been made redundant with very little redundancy pay. Have never been in this situation before and I have no idea what to do next. We have a disabled adult dd at home with us so I can't work. Any advice, any moral support please - will be gratefully received at this moment in time!!

First thing is to sign on at the Jobenter and then sent out a cv to any companies he knows

bossboggle, sending my best wishes. Know very little about this area but I do know that CAB will advise you of all benefits to which you are available. Also note what putthatbookdown said. Will be thinking of you.

He needs to put you and daughter on his Claim. Do you get carer.s allowance for your Daughter? There is a Benefits w/site -someone here mentioned it -perhaps they will come along shortly with the name OH VERY IMPORTANT has he got the correct amount of redundancy? It should be one week's pay per year worked and one and a half weeks pay for every year you work past the age of 41 Do not assume the employer knows the correct amount

Thank you so much!! It's appreciated very much.

Sending best wishes.CAB is a great place to start-they will make sure you claim what you can.Much of ther work is now by phone.
Sit down and think about who you know who could help your DH get a job-so much is through networking these days. Is he on Linkedin? a great place to track ex colleagues who my be able to help.
It's a scary time. Hang on in there.

err You could work if dh cannot get a job : could dh manage to look after dd? You need to very quickly size up the local job market and if no good (like where I live) could you relocate? Living on benefits these days is nigh impossible.
Do you rent or have mortgage? (i am not being nosey)Do you have a redundancy protection policy/cover?because the state will usually only pay mortgage interest (not the capital) after nine months Good luck

Agree with previous poster puthatbookdown. It might be worth you both looking for a job as it'll increase your chances of being employed. The more senior you are and depending on the job, it could take a number of months to be landed a job offer.

You could also trying looking into working from/at home xxx

Just thinking of you all bossboggle and wishing you the best in your quest X

Thankyou you wonderful people - for the support if nothing else. Hubby does have a major major injury/medical issue which would allow him to go on the sick if he wanted to but he wants to work - and believe me looking after DD is a massive full time job!! DH can't lift and there is a lot of lifting involved with DD!! Again my thanks - the good wishes alone are worth it!! We will get there.......we've faced worse I can assure you!!

You go girl! X

Good luck with it. Why can't he lift? The obvious thing is you get a job and he does the care particularly if he never gets a job again. Perhaps there are ways round the lifting problem eg he gets fitter, loses 3 stone or you hire a machine to lift?

There are a number of redundancy training programmes available where he can learn skills on how to write a cv and attend an interview. Your local jobcentre should advise of the schemes near you, however you must ask them as I know a few people that were not advised of the courses that are available.

xenia, do you know anything about disability issues? I don't claim to know much about lifting issues, though I know a tiny bit through dp's stories of working with adults with learning and mobility disabilities, but I find your questions a bit surprising!

Redundancy pay is not one week's pay (1.5 for complete years past the age of 41). It is a statutory weekly wage which is a figure specified in the legislation and is not directly related to the employee's actual salary.

Your DH needs to put some serious work into his CV and then get it onto places like Jobsite, Monster etc.

He may need to be flexible about what he looks for. I was made redundant last year and am now contracting, it took a while to get used to it but now I'm enjoying it.

TSC, you made me snort my wine

OP I have pm'd you.

ensure to ask the claims advisor " is that all the benifits i /we are entitled to? they will NOT tell you otherwise