Benefits and domestic abuse
This two-morning course is aimed at those supporting women fleeing from domestic abuse.
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This two-morning course is aimed at those supporting women fleeing from domestic abuse.
Build your skills with this practical course on effective legal research for benefit casework. Competent casework starts by knowing the right questions to ask your client. Whether you a
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education.
‘Kinship care’ is the situation in which a child goes to live with a member of their extended family or with a family friend. This course looks at benefit issues that arise for kinship carers.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
This course looks at how to use medical evidence effectively, particularly in Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Universal Credit Appeals.
Do you advise or support former members of the British armed services and their families?
Benefit may be overpaid for many reasons and recovery often leaves people in hardship.
If you need to get a universal credit or other DWP benefit decision changed, this course aims to gives you the essential knowledge to do it.
When a Scottish benefit is refused, an award is wrong or there is an overpayment, what steps can you take to put things right?
This is essential training if you are starting out as a welfare rights adviser in Scotland or need a good understanding of the benefits system.
The work capability assessment (WCA) is used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to assess whether someone is sick and is central to claims for employment and support allowance (old