ESA and DLA in college?
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:19 pm
Sorry if this is in the wrong place.
My daughter who is 16, has mental health problems and receives DLA at middle care, is going to college in September on a foundation course-entry level 3/level 1.
I have not been sure about claiming ESA for her as in some ways she is capable of working, but is unlikely to get a full time job due to her anxieties and other mental health difficulties.
However yesterday I was told I should definately apply by her connexions worker. My difficulty now is: it says in several places that she can get ESA at college as long as she gets DLA. But it also seems to say that she needs a medical certificate stating - I assume - that she is too sick/ill to work. Her illness is a mental health one and I do not think the gp is going to write a sick note ( not sure I blame her if she doesn't ).
So, does she really need to have the sick note when she is a young disabled person ( wouldnt get DLA if not disabled! ), and is going to college? She will be doing so called full time-3 days per week.
My daughter who is 16, has mental health problems and receives DLA at middle care, is going to college in September on a foundation course-entry level 3/level 1.
I have not been sure about claiming ESA for her as in some ways she is capable of working, but is unlikely to get a full time job due to her anxieties and other mental health difficulties.
However yesterday I was told I should definately apply by her connexions worker. My difficulty now is: it says in several places that she can get ESA at college as long as she gets DLA. But it also seems to say that she needs a medical certificate stating - I assume - that she is too sick/ill to work. Her illness is a mental health one and I do not think the gp is going to write a sick note ( not sure I blame her if she doesn't ).
So, does she really need to have the sick note when she is a young disabled person ( wouldnt get DLA if not disabled! ), and is going to college? She will be doing so called full time-3 days per week.