Fri 01-Jun-07 02:03 PM by ruthch

I’ve got a JSA appeal for the first time in ages and would like to know of any caselaw that night help. My client had his JSA stopped because he wasn’t actively seeking work. He can’t produce much evidence of jobsearch activities, apart from saying he’s looked in the paper and visited the jobcentre during the period in question, and hasn’t applied for any specific jobs in the past year. I would struggle to argue that hes taken more than two steps a week to find work. However he’s been on benefit for over 25 years, has eyesight problems and he has no qualifications or experience. The submission just shows his jobseekers agreement and lists all the vacancies advertised in the Jobcentre during the period, with no attempt to filter out anything suitable (the majority are clearly unsuitable) and basically just says ‘there must be at least one job here he could have applied for”. I want to argue that the Jobcentre should have taken a more proactive approach to helping him find work eg by helping him find relevant vacancies, and offering support/training with completing application forms before stopping his benefit. Does anyone know any caselaw that would help?