Client is regularly working 15 or more hours a week
If a client is regularly working 15 hours or more a week in open employment they will no longer qualify for Supported Living Payment. The client is not severely restricted in their capacity for work.
Exceptions
- clients who are totally blind are able to work 15 hours or more a week, without it affecting their qualification for Supported Living Payment
- clients undertaking an Sustainable Employment Trial with the prior agreement of their case manager
These clients can work 15 hours or more a week for an agreed period of up to 26 weeks, without it affecting their qualification for Supported Living Payment during the agreed period.
If a client is regularly working 15 hours or more a week in open employment, and the exceptions above do not apply, you will need to consider if the client qualifies for another benefit or invite the client to apply for non beneficiary assistance, and advise them of possible entitlement to Working for Families Tax Credits through Inland Revenue.
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