I have been claiming incapacity benefit for about a year now, and tomorrow I have to go to the job center again this will be my fifth appointment now, is this something I have to keep doing, not quite sure whats supposed to happen, i dont feel able to go back to work,with several slipped discs I dont stand for long or walk for very long or sit for very long, and not able to travel very far, without discomfort, all of which I explain everytime I go to the jobcenter. But this person I see seems to look at his computer for ages not knowing quite what to say, then usually ends up asking me if I'm depressed:huh:Last time he asked if I went on holiday and when I said not very often because of my condition he again asked if that depressed me.

last time he asked if I wanted to go on any courses to learn new skills, but no I dont, so when he printed out my form on it he had put my next appointment and added not interested in attending any courses, not that I'm not interested but I dont want or need any new skills I have skills and if I was able I would go to work and use them.
I worked for over twenty years without ever claiming a penny from anywhere and now I feel it looks like I'm not interested in working, not that I cant work.

I have been claiming incapacity benefit for about a year now, and tomorrow I have to go to the job center again this will be my fifth appointment now, is this something I have to keep doing, not quite sure whats supposed to happen, i dont feel able to go back to work,with several slipped discs I dont stand for long or walk for very long or sit for very long, and not able to travel very far, without discomfort, all of which I explain everytime I go to the jobcenter. But this person I see seems to look at his computer for ages not knowing quite what to say, then usually ends up asking me if I'm depressed:huh:Last time he asked if I went on holiday and when I said not very often because of my condition he again asked if that depressed me.

last time he asked if I wanted to go on any courses to learn new skills, but no I dont, so when he printed out my form on it he had put my next appointment and added not interested in attending any courses, not that I'm not interested but I dont want or need any new skills I have skills and if I was able I would go to work and use them.
I worked for over twenty years without ever claiming a penny from anywhere and now I feel it looks like I'm not interested in working, not that I cant work.

I can only think that your adviser has put you on his caseload, and that would (probably) only have happened because you said at your initial interview that you wanted help to get back to work.

Sorry I've taken a some time to get back, but I've been a touch busy recently! How did it go anyway?

Well I went and yet again he wasn't quite sure what to do with me, I explained I would have difficulty really doing a job but he said I have to attend or t would affect my benefit so now instaed of making me another appointment he's going tom get some one else to ring me to see waht kind of job they can get me, I'm not being like I dont want to work but just couldn't see me being able to concentrate on aj ob let alone do it for days at a time, so I suppose I will just wait for this other person to ring me, I dont want to say out right I dont want ajob as dont want that to go against me

It doesn't surprise me one bit this story! :rant:

I went to see the job centre last year about "permitted work", while being in reciept of disability benefits, they initially told me that based on a 20 hour week, I could be £80 a week better off, that's working for minimum wage.... This was later discovered to be totally wrong! :loopy:

Now it turns out that based on what I get (which I can't divulge as it would cause trolling, and is private info) I can work for 10 hours a week, and "earn" (if you can call it that, I don't :rant: ) £20 a week without adverse effect on my benefit status, I'm sorry but what the hell?!

Thats basically what he keeps telling me, I would have great difficulty getting to work then taking in to account the bus fares or petrol, and the stress and pain I would probably be in all for £20, but according to the man at the job center (who keeps asking if I'm depressed which I am not) I would feel better going to work.

If there are so many people out there willing to employ me who couldn't possibly do a full days work, let alone a week,and I'm not in my twenties or thirties why aren't there lots of jobs for the young and able, who want to work.

Ugh, and the Government wonders why the unemployment figures are so high? When the employment service is staffed by halfwits?! :loopy: :rant:

It doesn't surprise me one bit this story! :rant:

I went to see the job centre last year about "permitted work", while being in reciept of disability benefits, they initially told me that based on a 20 hour week, I could be £80 a week better off, that's working for minimum wage.... This was later discovered to be totally wrong! :loopy:

No, it's not wrong at all.

Now it turns out that based on what I get (which I can't divulge as it would cause trolling, and is private info) I can work for 10 hours a week, and "earn" (if you can call it that, I don't :rant: ) £20 a week without adverse effect on my benefit status, I'm sorry but what the hell?!

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. You've misinterpreted how it works. Supported permitted work could make you up to £92 per week better off. The £20 limit is the permitted work lower limit.