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JSA Domestic Violence Easement Julie Church DWP Partnership Manager. Eligibility. Claimants who tell us they have been a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence The domestic violence has to have happened within the previous 26 weeks Meets definition of domestic violence
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JSA Domestic Violence Easement Julie Church DWP Partnership Manager
Eligibility • Claimants who tell us they have been a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence • The domestic violence has to have happened within the previous 26 weeks • Meets definition of domestic violence • The claimant is not living at the same address as the abuser • No previous period of easement within the last 12 months
Definition of Domestic Violence • Physical • Sexual • Psychological • Financial • Emotional • Controlling or Coercive behaviour
Domestic Violence Easement • Initial 4 week easement period • Potential extension to 13 week full easement period