'Complex needs' status for UC claimants
This two-morning
This two-morning
This half-day standard level online course looks at how limited capability for work rules affect UC.
Around 6 million people have claimed universal credit (UC), but several million are still on Legacy benefits.
This course is aimed at frontline advisers supporting claimants in work and for advisers supporting claimants back into work.
Universal credit (UC) claimants often have difficulties getting their Housing Costs element included in their claim and having the right amount paid on time.
The work capability assessment (WCA) is used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to assess whether someone is sick and is central to claims for employment and support allowance (old
The work capability assessment (WCA) test dominates employment support allowance (ESA) and universal credit (UC) in relation to sick claimants.
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
The migration of legacy benefit claimants to universal credit has begun in earnest. How and when will this impact the clients/tenants you support?
This essential two-morning course is aimed at non-benefit staff and volunteers working with people for whom benefits are an issue.