in work credit - anyone with experience of this please as need help

hi all

Ive just signed off from JSA today as will be starting work on monday, i was over joyed but that was short lived.

im doing 6.45 hours per week as a midday assistant so is term time only, but am paid the same wage 12 months of the year as it is averaged out.

im also doing 10 hours a week self employed which is all year round.

my advisor processed my in work credit form and has just rung to say her manager doesnt think it will be accepted. the reason is that one of the jobs is term time only for 6.45 hours and therefore when it is averaged out over the year i will not be classed as working 16 hours per week.

I had no idea of this and neither did my advisor until her manager told her.

Im gutted as that is £60 a week im losing out on that i thought i would be entitled to.

anyone else had anything similar happen or can offer any advice?

she told me that when it comes back as declined i can challenge it and say that during the holidays i will work more hours self employed, which is fine but how exactly can i prove that unless they want me to send in my invoices during the school holidays?