Yes all of the above is correct.
You cannot claim JSA if you either work or study for more than 16 hours a week. The time that you do spend studying/working will have to be declared on form B7.
To be eligible for training schemes as higlighted by PP, now called New Deal, you will either fill either of these criteria, 1/ Be unemployed AND claiming JSA for six months 2/ Be a lone parent 3/ Part of a mass redundancy 4/ Released from Her Majestys Custody 5/ Over 50. and several others that escape me.
There is such a thing as a Permitted Period which means that for 13 weeks you can look for any job in a wage bracket of your choice. After the permitted period your choice is gone. If you make an enquiry about a job or are matched to a job by your advisor you are obliged to follow it up. This is the nasty part. If you then do not apply, do not turn up to interview, refuse an offer of employment we will stop your claim and any other Benefits associated with it.
All of the above besides for under 25's the going rate is roughly £43.50 and £50 odd for over 25's. Housing benefit council tax benefit or mortgage interest payments are also available if you can be bothered to fill in the lengthy application forms. We will also provide proof of claiming benefit to activate income Payment Protection Insurance against debtors (form ABI 1).
We also advise that if you are eligible to claim ie you've just finished your training and are looking for any work untill Rod Eddington agrees to pay your wages that you do claim as your NI contributions will be paid for the sake of your pension. Also if you have been unemployed and not signing for a period if time you might get a letter from the inland revenue inviting you to voluntarily pay the NI contributions for that period yourself.
We do also have very few Jobs on the system for pilots and they can be found if the advisor knows how to work the system properly. ( tell them this to cheese them off- VOP's- TTWA- WIDER- OFFICE TO NATIONAL AND SELECT ALL- SELECT ALL DATES- SOC DESCRIPTION AS PILOTS- SELECT PILOTS AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS- FINALLY SEARCH) Can you tell I do this all day?? In my office alone there are two pilots signing on !
we also have a guide to applying for jobs with info in it about Cv's, Cover Letters, interview techniques etc it's called the Job Kit available from your local Job Centre (ask some one at the Job Enquiries desk). They might try to weasel out of giving you one as they cost a packet but not as much money as they waste on such useless projects as remote storage, staff reviews, and hospitality etc.