Sole Parent Support : Contents
Suitable employment
Suitable employment varies between clients depending on their individual circumstances.
To meet their work obligations clients need to be available for or take reasonable steps to find suitable employment of:
- at least 20 hours per week
Clients may have pre-benefit obligations to attend an interview or accept an offer of employment. This employment must also be considered suitable.
Deciding if a job is suitable
When deciding on whether a job is suitable for a client, you need to consider the following (but is not limited to):
- appropriate hours of employment, eg hours are not excessive
- access to childcare
- family commitments
- religious commitments
- jobs which offend strongly held views
- days of the week
- type of employment
- skills required
- experience
- location of the job
- wages
- number of hours per week is between 15 and 25 hours
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