This two-morning course provides an overview of the benefits system and examines how the system fits together.
You do not need to be a benefit expert to make a difference. This course is for anyone working with people in Scotland on low incomes or with additional needs.
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.
Universal credit is the main working age, means-tested benefit for people in Scotland and throughout the UK.
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 welfare benefits system is complicated and confusing, both to claimants and those whose resp
