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Part Time Course ?

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  • 02-11-2011 11:20pm
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    LegacyUser
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    Currently in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance.

    I applied for and got a place on a Springboard course which I have been on for a couple of weeks and so far all seems to be good.
    The course is part time with classes on one evening and then 1 full day ( 9-5 ) , I did not apply for BTEA as that only caters to Full Time education.

    I have now been told by others on the course that I should have got permission from Social Welfare to do this course .
    I have checked out Citizens Information site which indeed mentions that you can retain all benefits while doing a part time course and you apply at your local SW office.

    My questions are these - 1 ) Am I likely to have problems given that I started the course without telling Social Welfare ?
    2 ) Will the fact that one full day a week is taken up by the course be a problem ?

    Grateful for any advice .


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    LegacyUser
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    Anyone ?


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    LegacyUser
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    Im doing a springboard part time course too. I have recently been told I will be changing from jobsseekers benefit to jobseekers benefit. Im going to see tomorrow do I qualify for BTEA.

    I went to social welfare before starting the course. To qualify you had to be unemployed for 6 months before you started. I think if you qualify you should be fine if you tell social welfare now. When I told social welfare the first time they made me fill out a BTEA form anyway and I never heard back so I assumed it was sorted. It is confusing!


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