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Work homepage
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Overview
We can help you get ready to apply and find the right job for you. We can even help you while you're working.
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Get ready to work
You can get training, help with CVs and cover letters, and advice for job interviews.
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Find jobs
Find out what jobs are available, which job is best for you and how you can plan your career.
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Working
Whether you've just started a job or need some help at work, we've got your back.
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Lost your job
We'll help you get ready to find a new job and support you while you're between jobs.
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Start your own business
Get help to plan and set up a successful business or be a self-employed contractor.
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Benefits and payments homepage
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Overview
Take a look at the range of benefits and payments we have available.
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Not working
Redundancy, health condition or disability or another reason you can’t work
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Living expenses
Food, school costs, power, accommodation or other living expenses you need help with
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Relationship changes
You’ve had a relationship break-up, family breakdown or violent relationship end
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Health and Disability
Counselling, prescription and GP costs, medical alarms and other costs we can help with
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Seniors
Travelling overseas, how to apply, payment rates and dates, overseas pensions, income and other info for Seniors
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Caring
Caring for someone else’s child or someone with a health condition, injury or disability
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Urgent or unexpected costs
Dental, glasses, car repairs, fridge, washing machine, funeral or other urgent costs you need help with
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Children
Childcare, school uniforms, stationery, having a baby and other costs if you have children
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Moving to New Zealand
Payments you can get from us, settling into NZ, overseas pensions and more.
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Benefits and forms
A-Z list of benefits, forms, benefit rates
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On a benefit homepage
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Overview
Check out what you need to do when you're getting a benefit or other payment from us.
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Something's changed
Address, contact details, overseas travel, childcare, relationship or anything else that’s changed.
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Income
Declare income and income deduction tables
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Childcare
Change in your childcare situation, continue childcare payments, cohort entry schools and other childcare information
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Going overseas
Travelling or moving overseas may affect your payments.
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Re-apply, review or renew
Re-apply for a payment, review circumstances, renew medical certificate and more
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Payments
Check or stop your payments, payment cards and other information
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Debt
Check your debt, repayments and other debt information
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Rights and responsibilities
Our commitment to you, obligations, complaints, benefit fraud and more
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Housing homepage
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Overview
Find out how we can help you with housing.
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Nowhere to stay
Get help if you have nowhere to stay right now.
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Find a house
Find out where to look for private housing, or apply for public (social) housing.
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Living in your home
Get help with accommodation costs, and advice on any housing issues and public housing tenancies.
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Moving house
Find out how we can help if you’re moving house.
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Other languages
Read some of our housing information in other languages.
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loginSelf-Assessment
A self-assessment is a questionnaire that you fill out to explain the sort of work you think you can do now or in the future, and what support you might need to find and stay in work. We'll let you know if you need to complete one.
Who needs to complete a Self-Assessment
You may need to complete a Self-Assessment if you:
- have a health condition or disability that affects your ability to work
- need support or services to help you prepare for, find and stay in work.
You won't need to complete a Self-Assessment if you've got either:
- a job to return to within 13 weeks of when you applied for a benefit
- a medical certificate or other appropriate assessments which tells us that you:
- are more than 27 weeks pregnant
- are totally blind
- have a terminal illness
- have a severe intellectual or cognitive impairment
- have a condition which means you can no longer work and it's unlikely that this will change.
If you're unsure whether you need to complete one, contact us
Paper form
You can either:
- print the Self-Assessment below
- pick one up from one of our offices
- call us and we'll post one out to you.
You'll need to bring this completed form with you when you meet with us.
Easy Read
You can read and answer the questions using the Easy Read version.
Easy Read uses pictures and short sentences to make it easier for people with learning disabilities or English as a second language. You can either:
- print the Easy Read form below
- pick one up from one of our offices
- call us and we'll post one out to you.
New Zealand Sign Language
You can watch a video of a person signing the Self-Assessment questions (Easy Read version). These videos aren't covered by Cheap as data
You then need to either:
- answer the questions using one of the other formats,
- call us to arrange a sign language translator for when you meet with your case manager.
Large print
Please contact us to ask for this.
Braille
We can arrange for a copy of the Self-Assessment in braille to be sent to you.
Please contact us to ask for this.
Audio
You can listen to someone reading the Self-Assessment form. You'll then need to either:
- answer the questions using one of the other formats
- ask your case manager to help you answer it.
Contact
ContactContact us for more information.