Universal credit - an introduction
With the roll out of universal credit (UC) you will need to support your clients or tenants through the process of claiming and maintaining their award.
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With the roll out of universal credit (UC) you will need to support your clients or tenants through the process of claiming and maintaining their award.
The migration of legacy benefit claimants to universal credit has begun in earnest. How and when will this impact the clients/tenants you support?
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
The work capability assessment (WCA) test dominates employment support allowance (ESA) and universal credit (UC) in relation to sick claimants.
Entitlement to social security is determined by whether or not a claimant meets the legal rules relevant to the benefit in question. Similarly, the processes that must be followed.
This experienced level course looks in detail at the social security rights of EEA nationals in the UK.
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
This course provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure full entitlement to benefits and avoid some of the pitfalls of the system.
This course is for people who want to learn how to use QBC (the Quick Benefits Calculator) effectively and confidently.
The course covers:
Pension age disability payment (PADP) is replacing attendance allowance as the main disability benefit for people living in Scotland who have reached pension age.
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
Some claimants receiving ‘Legacy’ benefits under the old rules may elect to ‘jump ship’ early onto universal credit (UC) because they think it is better for them, or because they have been en