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Save New Deal for lone parents: Getting back to work
New Deal is a Government strategy to help get people back into work. A lone parent, whose youngest child is under 16, and is either not working or is working under 16 hours a week, can obtain help under the New Deal for lone parents scheme. There is access to a personal adviser, who will advise what funding is available for course fees, travel, and childcare. They will be there as a contact throughout the New Deal programme.
It's their job to:
- get to know a bit about the parent so you end up with a job you can enjoy
- calculate how much better off you could be in a job
- discuss what kind of job you would like to get
- draw up an action plan to help you get that job
- help you look at and apply for suitable jobs
- help find training opportunities
- help find and organise registered childcare
- help with expenses that may occur during your job search
- explain the benefits you are entitled to once you start work
- continue to offer help and advice even after you have found work.
The scheme can help with childcare costs by:
- offering a subsidy, in some cases, to childcare providers who employ someone on the New Deal scheme (up to £60 a week for 6 months for a person aged between 18 and 24 and up to £75 for a long-term unemployed person aged 25 or over)
- offering young people the chance to work in the voluntary sector for six months
- providing free full-time education and training for up to a year (up to £750 towards training for a young person aged between 18 and 24)
- helping with childcare costs for single parents who want to return to work or take up training courses.
Contacts and resources
Local Jobcentre Plus, call 0800 868 868 or visit the New Deal website for more information and the booklet Bringing up children on your own, revised March 2003. This booklet is also available in large print, audio and Braille.
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Last updated on 05/05/2009
