Municipality of Westerwolde: applying for social assistance
Are you without a job and not enough income to live on? If so, you can apply for social welfare benefits. You can only request welfare assistance if you are a resident of the Netherlands and registered with a municipality.
How it works?
- After you register as a job seeker, you can apply for welfare through work.com. After that, you will be contacted as to what type of work you can do.
- Do you not have a DigiD (Digital Identity)? Visit de website van DigiD and apply for a DigiD.
Younger than age 27?
- You register at werk.nl
- You will receive a notification that you are under the age of twenty-seven
- You will first receive a 28-day job search period. During this period, you need to look for work or an education
- Once the 28 days have passed, you complete your application on work.com
- You will be called after your application is received.
We will decide within 8 weeks.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Westerwolde
Visiting address
Dorpsstraat 1
9551AB Sellingen
Monday | 09.00 - 16.00 |
Tuesday | 09.00 - 16.00 |
Wednesday | 09.00 - 19.00 |
Thursday | 09.00 - 16.00 |
Friday | 09.00 - 12.00 |
Saturday | Closed |
Sunday | Closed |
Last updated on 4 October 2023