UC for a Shared Lives young adult
Our foster child has turned 18 and he should have moved on to independent living.
Due to his physical and mental disabilities he isn’t ready to leave and we are happy for him to stay with us under the Shared Lives scheme.
This process of changing from a foster child to vulnerable adult has been a nightmare logistically. His birthday was at the start of March and he hasn’t received any Universal Credit payments yet and we haven’t been paid either.
The DWP people at the job centre don’t seem to know what Shared Lives is and keep saying he isn’t entitled to UC as he is on a foundation course at college.
We’ve explained that he is unlikely to ever be able to work and have doctors have said the same.
They say that as he is at “home” he isn’t entitled to any payment.
He is supposed to pay towards his board and lodgings according to the Shared Lives Scheme.
We have just been informed he will receive UC but less than his rent is supposed to be and doesn’t give him any funds to live on.
He currently receives PIP.
Please does anyone have any experience of Shared Lives and UC and PIP with a vulnerable adult and what he should be entitled to?
Thanks