Please can anyone help me before I have another breakdown!!!There is just too many questions & form filling as well as different answers to what I need to know!!
Basically I have been offered my first job in years & feel ready, although a little wobbly to get back out there & earn my keep & get a better life for my 2 very needy teens still at home.One is only going to school half a day due to anxiety attacks & bullying, the other has home schooling & hospital visits, so as well as my Bipolar & BPD, I really don't think it's possible or sensible to do more than minimul hours as a single mum!I also support my older child who lives alone, but has Aspergers, So life is very stressful as it is!!
Thats a brief "Where I'm coming from" explanation,.My hope is that I can take on the flexible pub job & be better off financially as well as mentally through boosting my confidence & self esteem, I hate being labelled as "Idle/Lazy" because I rely on benefits!
So, does anyone know how the system works??I have people saying I will be better off, through working tax credits, others saying they will take my ESA away as well as housing & council tax benefit,.so I will be worse off, or if i'm lucky break even!!!!....At the risk of my mental health deteriorating through more tiredness & financial worry, We owe £ 2500 now!!(living in overdraft & paying fees & interest) I just want to make a plan & lift us out of this rut & afford the odd take away etc!!
The job only pays £ 7 per hour but is close to home, so I petrol wont cost much., So....Can anyone please advise???I can start this weekend, but just don't know what to do!!!
..Or how to get straight, honest reliable answers & figures!!I really can't mess this up by losing benefits, working & not being able to pay the bills!!!
Thanks for taking the time to read this"Essay"!!....I'm just in such a state!!!One minute flying high I got the job,all proud & looking to a better future, the next deflated & panicking that I can't afford to come off benefits!!! Thanks Guys xx