Partnership Action for Continuing Employment

...Our aim is to help you find a new job

Facing Redundancyfacing change

• New job• Career Switch• Self Employment• College/University• Move to a new place• Take a break

Helping you consider your options:

Jobcentre Plus Looking for Work

• Specialist Advisers• Jobseeker Direct

• Job points

• Customer Phones

• Programme Centres

• Website

• Advice booklet

• Which Benefits and how to claimJobseekers Allowance, Income SupportIncapacity Benefit

• Tax Credits

• Better-off calculations

Jobcentre PlusAdvice on Benefits

HM Revenue & Customs

• Help you claim any repayments or tax credits you are entitled to

• Contact us if you’re going self-employed

• Tax Credits

Contact us as your circumstances change

Local Councils

Your Local Council can advise on…

• Jobs• Library Services• Career Guidance and Jobsearch• Self Employment • Training & Community Education• Welfare Rights & Benefits• Financial Debt• Housing• Social Work Services

Local CouncilServices

Scottish Enterprise

• Knowledge and skills for jobs• New Business help• Supports and develops existing businesses • Helping Scotland globally

Delivered by:

Scotland’s Economic Development Agency

Business Gateway

• Business ideas• Market Research and information• Business Planning• Starting up• Linking with Business Advisers,

Workshops and Seminars

Website offers practical advice and guidance

Careers Scotland

Scotland’s national career guidance organisation

Careers Scotland

• Careers guidance and information

• Redundancy

• CV & Interview Skills

• Careersmatch & Adult Directions

• Job search advice

•Advice on Education and Training

We’re here to help you along your career-path…

Top 10 things to remember:

1. All services offered by PACE agencies are free of charge

2. Register with JCP to safeguard your National Insurance contribution credits

3. Call Jobcentre Plus Contact Centre first – 0800 0 55 66 88

4. Contact HM Revenue and Customs whenever your circumstances change

5. Get a Tax Credit recalculation – HMRC Tax Credit Hotline – 0845 300 3 900

6. When dialling a central number, if the phone tone is engaged, hang up and try again

7. Have your National Insurance number handy when contacting JCP or HMRC

8. Careers Scotland services are for anyone living in Scotland over the age of 16

9. Never make assumptions about what you’re entitled to – everyone’s personal circumstances are different – always ask

10. PACE information for areas other than the Lothians can be accessed via the PACE website at: www.scotland.gov.uk/pace