Education

In normal course, Service Personnel are eligible to sign up for resettlement services from up to 2 years before discharge or within one month of submitting notice. Those in their final tour, serving in isolated appointments overseas or appointments overseas where they would have difficulty in accessing resettlement support within the normal timeframe are eligible and recommended to start their resettlement preparation prior to deployment.

Resettlement is an entitlement for those who have served 16 years or more and those medically discharged. Officers who are over the age of 50 years and other ranks having completed in excess of 30 years service will be allowed to commence the resettlement process early. Service leavers can be eligible for a resettlement grant of £534, up to 7 weeks resettlement time, 7 travel warrants and accommodation and subsistence for attendance on courses. The travel warrants do not cover flights back to the UK for courses.

Regional Resettlement Advisor

The Education Centre is able to offer basic information and sign people up for the resettlement service, thus acting as the Service Resettlement Advisor. However, for more involved queries, the Regional Resettlement Advisor visits on a 6 monthly basis. Whilst the onus remains on the individual to plan their own resettlement programme, the administration of resettlement activities is done by the Education Centre.

Courses

All resettlement activities, once approved, are recorded locally and at the individual’s nominated Regional Resettlement Centre, normally in the UK. Types of resettlement activity available include:

  • Career Transition Partnership (CTP) course bookings via RRC, RAF
  • Aldergrove
  • External Training Courses
  • Civilian Work Attachments
  • Individual Resettlement Preparation (IRP)

The following activities do not count against an individual’s resettlement leave:

  • Career Transition Workshop (3 days)
  • Financial Aspects of Resettlement Brief (1 day)
  • Joint Service Housing Advice Office Brief (1 day)

Travel and Subsistence

All resettlement activities undertaken during resettlement leave (except IRP) may attract subsistence payments where appropriate. This can include the weekends that extended courses may span. Service accommodation should be used wherever possible.

There is normally no entitlement to travel at public expense to the point of entry to the UK, or for the return journey back to the duty unit. Travel allowances are payable to service leavers returning to the UK from overseas to attend resettlement events from the point of entry to destination and return to the point of exit. Individuals based overseas may undertake training locally.