Imprisonment

Generally, when a Jobseeker Support client is imprisoned or detained in custody, they are no longer entitled to get Jobseeker Support.

Jobseeker Support should stop from the day following the date of imprisonment.

MSD must decide whether to suspend or cancel the benefit after considering the likely period in prison and whether the client has a partner and/or dependent children.

In some circumstances Jobseeker Support can continue when the client is imprisoned.

If a sole caregiver is remanded in custody and/or sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the case must be referred to Oranga Tamariki.

In other situations, if MSD believes any child has been, or is likely to be, harmed (physically, emotionally or sexually), ill-treated, abused, neglected, deprived or MSD has concerns about the wellbeing of the child, the case must be referred to Oranga Tamariki.