New Start - New Deal for Disabled People
Benefits to disabled people
Are you looking for better prospects?
Are you looking for new opportunities?
Are you looking for work?
If the answer to all these questions is YES, then a 'New Start' is for you.
Our promise to you
- Equal employment opportunities;
- Skills and values assessments;
- Choice, advice and counselling on employment issues;
- Employment profiles;
- Career 'action plans';
- Job search and interview skills;
- CV assistance and preparation;
- 'Work Trials' with local employers;
- Practical training and support in the workplace;
- Benefits information and assistance;
- Employer support and training;
- Transport support and co-ordination.
This is a voluntary programme and attracts one year protection of benefits.
Qualifying benefit
Qualifying benefit means any one of the following:-
- Disability Living Allowance;
- Incapacity Benefit (IB);
- Incapacity Benefit Youth;
- Severe Disablement Allowance;
- National insurance credits on grounds of incapacity (which may be awarded on their own or in addition to payments of income-related benefits - Income Support (IS), Housing Benefit (HB), Council Tax Benefit (CTB) or War Pensions);
- Income Support with disability premiums;
- Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit with a disability premium provided the premium is paid in respect of the recipient himself / herself and provided he / she is not in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance, is not in paid work, or is in paid work of fewer than 16 hours per week;
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) where this includes an Unemployability Supplement;
- War Pension where this includes an Unemployability Supplement;
- Income Support pending the result of an appeal against disallowance from Incapacity Benefit;
- Equivalent benefits to Incapacity Benefit being imported in Great Britain under European Community Regulations on the co-ordination of Social Security and the terms of the European Economic Area Agreement.
