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  Benefits and payments overview

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    Redundancy, health condition or disability or another reason you can’t work

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    Food, school costs, power, accommodation or other living expenses you need help with

  • Relationship changes

    You’ve had a relationship break-up, family breakdown or violent relationship end

  • Health and Disability

    Counselling, prescription and GP costs, medical alarms and other costs we can help with

  • Seniors

    Travelling overseas, how to apply, payment rates and dates, overseas pensions, income and other info for Seniors

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    Caring for someone else’s child or someone with a health condition, injury or disability

  • Urgent or unexpected costs

    Dental, glasses, car repairs, fridge, washing machine, funeral or other urgent costs you need help with

  • Children

    Childcare, school uniforms, stationery, having a baby and other costs if you have children

  • Payment issues

    Fixing issues with Accommodation Supplement, Special Benefit and other payments we’ve made

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  • 16-19 year olds

    Education, training, work and benefit help for 16-19 year olds

  • Benefits and forms

    A-Z list of benefits, forms, benefit rates

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  Work overview

  • Job search

    Where to look for jobs, search in our job database, seasonal work, plan your job search and other tips and advice

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  • Training and studying

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  • Help with work costs

    Help for travel, clothes, tools, relocation, study and other work costs

  • Job interviews

    Tips and advice for job interviews and help with job interview costs

  • Job support and advice

    One-on-one support, group support and other tips and advice

  • Health and disability

    Help with job search, workplace costs, modifications, working while on Supported Living Payment and more

  • Work for yourself

    Help with business plans, start-up costs, living costs while you’re getting started and more

  • Job help for 16-19 year olds

    Help with job search, study or training and other support available for 16-19 year olds

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  On a benefit overview

  • Something's changed

    Address, contact details, overseas travel, childcare, relationship or anything else that’s changed.

  • Income

    Declare income, wages deduction tables

  • Childcare

    Change in your childcare situation, continue childcare payments, cohort entry schools and other childcare information

  • Re-apply

    Re-apply for Jobseeker Support, Sole Parent Support, Temporary Additional Support and more

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    Check or stop your payments, payment cards and other information

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    Check your debt, repayments and other debt information

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