Help with moving from benefits to work
Support when you start working
Going back to work does not mean giving up all your benefits. Some benefits may carry on, and others may be available once you’re working.
Contact Jobcentre Plus if you’ve found a job and you or your partner have been getting:
Your Jobcentre Plus work coach will help you to manage your move into work, and sort out changes to your other benefits, including tax credits. What you can get will depend on how long you were claiming these benefits without a break.
You do not have to fill in any forms, but make sure you have details of your income, savings and any rent payments to hand.
Use a benefits calculator to see how starting a job or increasing your working hours affects your benefits.
Help with housing
Depending on how long you have been claiming benefits, you may be able to get:
These payments provide help for up to 4 weeks when you start a new job and begin earning a wage. You may also be able to get extended reductions on your Council Tax.
If you’re disabled or you have a health condition
You may be able to get extra support through an Access to Work grant.