This course is essential for anyone who wants to challenge decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) effectively.
About 1 out of every 10 claims for universal credit appears to be refused because the DWP decides it is not process compliant.
This two-morning course provides an overview of the benefits system and examines how the system fits together.
Adult disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for working-age adults in Scotland who have extra care needs or mobility difficulties because of a disability.
Universal credit is now the only working-age, means-tested benefit for people in Scotland and throughout the UK.
‘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.
