Leaving Job for career change

Corbally

I have searched but can't find the answer I am looking for so would appreciate some help.
I have been working full time for 14 years and have never had a social welfare claim/payment.
I am leaving my job and doing some training for a career change. During this training (approx 2-3 months) I will be unemployed with no income. I will also be unavailable to work so I think Job Seekers Benefit won't apply. As soon as I finish training I will be looking for work. I will be living off savings during this time but with a mortgage and other bills these will dwindle quite quickly. I don't think the cost of the training falls under any state scheme but could be wrong.

Is there any state aid/income supplement available to me? Also how can I find more info or start an application? Do I show up to the social welfare office and speak to the person at the desk or do I need to make an appointment?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

Xterminator

When i retrained and changed career, i just got a job working in a chipper at night.

studied during the day, worked at night and was a tad sleep deprived but it was successful, and i changed to a career i wanted. My initial training course was a year long, not a short period of time!

If you are not available for work, then your not entitled to jobseekers benefit. so ferret out a job in the service industry and supplement your income with a part time job while studying. Your savings will go much further if you have a steady income. and i see help wanted in many delis/spars/chippers etc, so hopefully you can land something.

Corbally

Xterminator wrote: »

When i retrained and changed career, i just got a job working in a chipper at night.

studied during the day, worked at night and was a tad sleep deprived but it was successful, and i changed to a career i wanted. My initial training course was a year long, not a short period of time!

If you are not available for work, then your not entitled to jobseekers benefit. so ferret out a job in the service industry and supplement your income with a part time job while studying. Your savings will go much further if you have a steady income. and i see help wanted in many delis/spars/chippers etc, so hopefully you can land something.

This isn't an option for me unfortunately. It is an intensive course squeezed into a small time frame. The course is fairly full on and the scheduling is a bit all over the place. Days, nights and weekends. There is only 1 day off in the first 4 weeks.

NomadicGray

dont tell them you're not available for work and hope to get the course done quickly

splinter65

NomadicGray wrote: »

dont tell them you're not available for work and hope to get the course done quickly

If you leave a job then SW automatically disqualify you for 9 weeks as leaving a job means your not looking for or available for full time work.

cee_jay

NomadicGray wrote: »

dont tell them you're not available for work and hope to get the course done quickly

NomadicGray please read the forum charter, this would be seen as fraud by SW and advising people of fraud is against the charter

Corbally

I was hoping there might be a training allowance or something similar.
If I want to talk to someone in the social welfare office about it do I need an appointment or do I just walk into the local office?

Addle

You have to be long term unemployed before you can be considered for back to education allowance.

Irishphotodesk

Best suggestion I could make is goto the social welfare office and ask them what you need to apply for, they are the ones which will decide if you are eligible and may possibly know of some income support that you might qualify for.

Corbally

Ok guys. Thanks for the replies. I'll update this thread when I know more