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Youwill also be entitled to travel warrants (listed in table below). Years Service
Normal Discharge GRT IRTCWarrants GRT Medical Discharge
<1 0NoNo10£534.00 1+ 0NoNo30£534.00 4+ 0NoNo30£534.00 6+ 8+
12+ 16+
20 25 30 35
£534.00 £534.00 £534.00 £534.00
Yes30£534.00 Yes30£534.00 Yes30£534.00 Yes35£534.00
IRTCWarrants Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Youwill also be entitled to aresettlement grant of £534.00 (IRTC) to spend on training, this can be combined with your Standard or Enhanced Learning credits. Link below:
elcas.co.uk/
Career Transition Workshops (CTW)
As well as this there are free workshops you can attend, Career Transition Workshop (CTW) is athree day event looking at transferable skills, CV,interview techniques and a1to1briefing with your career consultant; alternatively if this is not what you’re looking for and you plan on retirement or self-employment, there are separate workshops in lieu of the CTW.
Your Pension
There is also the Financial Advisory Brief (FAR) where you can attend apresentation from the Forces Pension Society,who cover Armed Forces Pension 1975, 2005 and 2015, an opportunity to ask those all-important pension questions. In the afternoon there’s abriefing from an independent financial advisor giving you an overview on the current climate and investments.
Where to live
Finally there is also aHousing Brief you can attend, this gives advice from the Joint Service Housing Advice Office (JSHAO), covering housing from social to charities providing service leavers with housing support, to getting on the property ladder,help to buy schemes (Forces and Government) or if you own aproperty and wish to purchase more, this is place to find out. There is also an independent financial advisor giving advice and guidance. Your spouse or partner can attend both the finance and housing briefings with you.
So what happens if you’ve not served for six years or more and are not being discharged medically? Don’t worry,there is support for everyone; if you have served for less than four years, you will be entitled to Opt-In to the Future Horizons Programme, here you will be given as much support as you require in job finding and CV preparation. Youcan read more about this here:
ctp.org.uk/futurehorizons
If you have served between four and six years, you are still required to attend amandatory brief with your resettlement officer,who will explain you are entitled to attend afull day’s workshop with the CTP to help with CV,interview techniques and job search. Details can be found on the CTP link.
If you are leaving due to amedical discharge, your unit welfare team will support you through the process and encourage early engagement with your resettlement officer,you will be offered mandatory recovery courses as well as the full resettlement package (see table). You may also be referred for extra support from the CTP:
ctpassist.ctp.org.uk/
It may also be worth looking into what courses are offered locally on your units, via Force Development Squadrons and also joining social media pages for your ‘Hive’ will keep families updated on any courses they provide.
Here are afew useful organisations and links that will also support your transition: •The Forces Employment Charity (RFEA):
rfea.org.uk/
•The Officers’ Association:
officersassociation.org.uk/
•Veterans UK:
gov.uk/government/organisations/veterans-uk
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