I'm a carer looking after my mother who has dementia she is bedbound,I look after the house and garden,cook and feed mum and have to hold and offer her drinks.
I have had a letter from the job centre today saying titled "Helping you prepare for work" "come and meet your work coach!
"We want to help you prepare for work when you are ready to do so,that's why we are setting up a meeting with one of our work coaches"
I have been getting carers allowance for 3 years and the job centre used to ring me at home to speak to me,I haven't heard from them in a long time though,at the end of the day,I'm hoping to look after my mum at home until end of life so I have no idea how long I will be a carer,my circumstances haven't changed,and I'm annoyed that they are expecting me to travel to the job centre and spend an hour talking about what I could over the phone,it will take me an hour to get there and an hour back,I don't want to leave my mum for that long,can anyone tell me if it's possible to avoid one of these meetings and ask to do it over the phone?
I have had a letter from the job centre today saying titled "Helping you prepare for work" "come and meet your work coach!
"We want to help you prepare for work when you are ready to do so,that's why we are setting up a meeting with one of our work coaches"
I have been getting carers allowance for 3 years and the job centre used to ring me at home to speak to me,I haven't heard from them in a long time though,at the end of the day,I'm hoping to look after my mum at home until end of life so I have no idea how long I will be a carer,my circumstances haven't changed,and I'm annoyed that they are expecting me to travel to the job centre and spend an hour talking about what I could over the phone,it will take me an hour to get there and an hour back,I don't want to leave my mum for that long,can anyone tell me if it's possible to avoid one of these meetings and ask to do it over the phone?