Young people who are in work set to get lump sum of £471 in bank account

The payment provides a one-off lump sum of £294.70 or £471.50 for the main carer of one or more children amid the Cost of Living crisis.

Young people in work have been warned they could be missing out on a one-off lump sum of £471.50. The payment provides a one-off lump sum of £294.70 or £471.50 for the main carer of one or more children amid the Cost of Living crisis.

Social Security Scotland provides 14 payments, including those designed to help households of any size on a low income. As 2024 begins, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said those in work can claim some parts of social security administered by the Scottish Government.

The Job Start Payment provides a one-off lump sum of £294.70 – or £471.50 for the main carer of one or more children – who has been out of work or on certain benefits to cover the costs of starting a new job. Ms Somerville said: “In January there are lots of people starting new jobs or returning to work for the first time in a while and I’d urge them to check what benefits they may be eligible for.

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“I’d particularly highlight the support available to young people starting in work via Job Start Payment. This one-off payment can make a difference with the costs of getting up and running in a new job, and again we want to make sure it reaches as many eligible people as possible.

“We are helping people across Scotland through the cost-of-living crisis by committing £6.1 billion in social security benefits and payments. That’s £1.1 billion more than the block grant adjustment received due to spend on comparable benefits by the UK Government.”

If they are applying as a young person or carer, they must be aged between 16 to 24 years old on the date you got the job offer as a young person, or between 16 to 25 years old as a care leaver and have been out of paid work for at least six months on the date you got the job offer.

You must also have got one of these benefits for at least six months on the date you got the job offer, have got a job offer in the last six months, have been living in Scotland on the day you got the job offer and not have got Job Start Payment in the last two years.