Changes to your employment or earnings

To get Carer Support Payment, your 'take home pay' cannot be more than £204 a week. This is about the same as £884 a month, or £10,608 a year.

It’s OK if your take home pay is sometimes more than £204 a week. Social Security Scotland can work out how much your average take home pay is.

Learn how Social Security Scotland work out average take home pay.

You need to tell Social Security Scotland about any of these changes:

• starting or leaving a job as an employee
• starting or leaving self-employment work
• changes to the details of your business, if you’re self-employed
• changes to how much you earn
• changes to any additional earnings you have, like tips or bonuses
• changes to relevant expenses you pay, like caring fees or money you pay into a pension

Learn more about Carer Support Payment if you work.

Find out how to tell Social Security Scotland about a change.