Attendance allowance - an introduction
Attendance allowance (AA) is the main disability benefit for people who have reached pension age.
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Attendance allowance (AA) is the main disability benefit for people who have reached pension age.
Do you advise or support former members of the British armed services and their families?
This interactive and practical course is designed to increase your skills and confidence if you are new to training, and provide an update on best practice if you are a more experienced train
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
Attendance allowance (AA) is the main disability benefit for people who have reached pension age.
Universal credit is the main working age, means-tested benefit for people in Scotland and throughout the UK.
This two-morning course is aimed at those supporting women fleeing from domestic abuse.
This course provides an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age.
‘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.
Child disability payment (CDP) is a Scottish benefit that helps towards the additional needs of disabled children.
A period spent in prison – on remand or serving a sentence – can have far-reaching consequences for social security benefit entitlement, both for the person in prison and for their family.
This course provides an introduction to benefits delivered by Social Security Scotland.