Courses

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.

Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.

‘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.

This course gives you an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age.