Time to admit defeat in the workplace?
Went in to Centrelink today to apply as dad’s carer. The
case officer suggested I should register for disability myself and my husband
apply as carer for both myself and dad who has bone Mets from pr...
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Good luck with it all.
Like Iserbrown said get all the documents to take, there is usually a check list and have them with you and there will be a form for your Dr to fill in as well. but get a centrelink approved Drs certificate if you can as well, then you wont have to job search, Centrelink staff are not bad just are not allowed to tell you what you can have, I have learnt to pose the questions right and they are usually very helpful if not you get their name my trick has always been "honey catches more flys" i try to stay calm. I did have a bad problem once and I asked for a social worker as it was all too sensitive found out later he was special???
Oh and copy everything you hand them and put dates etc on it paper slides into cracks there. If you do it on line it gives you a receipt but it can be confusing.
Like Iserbrown said get all the documents to take, there is usually a check list and have them with you and there will be a form for your Dr to fill in as well. but get a centrelink approved Drs certificate if you can as well, then you wont have to job search, Centrelink staff are not bad just are not allowed to tell you what you can have, I have learnt to pose the questions right and they are usually very helpful if not you get their name my trick has always been "honey catches more flys" i try to stay calm. I did have a bad problem once and I asked for a social worker as it was all too sensitive found out later he was special???
Oh and copy everything you hand them and put dates etc on it paper slides into cracks there. If you do it on line it gives you a receipt but it can be confusing.