DAWN Harrison, 41, lives with her two daughters, Jodie, 15, and Melissa, 13 in a rented two-bed house in Sidcup, Kent.She works part-time as a health care assistant and earns pounds 147 a week and gets benefits of pounds 387.86, including a pounds 60
back to work bonus that ends in September.
A
Back to Work Bonus of up to pounds 100 is available when a client successfully enters employment.
Also from Monday, the
Back to Work Bonus scheme will close to new customers.
Q THE local DSS office wrote to me to say that when I returned to work I would receive a
back to work bonus of more than pounds 1,000.
Financial assistance is also available, in terms of a pounds 100 '
Back to Work Bonus' upon employment, an 'Into Work Grant' to help pay for essential training or equipment, and advice on entitlement to benefits once a job has been secured.