Lone Parent working and rent allowence??

If anyone has advice could you please help me out...

>I am a lone parent receiving 230.30 a week through one-parent family payment...
I am also receving rent allowence full payment for my area 107.00 a week...
I have recently been offered some work (part-time for 6 months or so) which i am greatly in need of as I have major savings to get together in order to begin a part-time course this year coming...
How much can I earn before it effects what I am getting already...Will I be left homeless if I take on this work? Any advice would be much appreciated.

Earnings of less than €146.50 a week are excluded from the assessment of means for OFP. Where weekly earnings exceed €146.50 a week but are less than €425.00 per week, half are assessed as income and a reduced rate of One Parent Family Payment is payable.

Is that the same in regards to rent allowence, that is my main concern?

The means test for Rent Supplement is different than that for One Parent Family. You will be disqualified if you work more than 30 hours per week as that is considered fulltime work.

If you work less than 30 hours, the re-assessment will be based on your wages and your One Parent Family Payment.

Your additional household income (the amount of income above the SWA rate for your family size) will be assessed as follows:

The first €75 is not taken into account. Also, 25% of income over €75 is not taken into account. There is no upper limit on the amount that can be disregarded.

The SWA rate is currently 204.30 for an adult plus 26 euro for each child.
Income is calculated as your gross wages less PRSI.

It can be a complicated calculation, especially if your One Parent Family payment changes, but you might get some idea of your ongoing entitlement from the above.