This course is for people who want to learn how to use QBC (the Quick Benefits Calculator) effectively and confidently.
The course covers:
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.
When a Scottish benefit is refused, an award is wrong or there is an overpayment, what steps can you take to put things right?
Universal credit is the main working age, means-tested benefit for people in Scotland and throughout the UK.
This course is essential for welfare rights advisers in Scotland who want to challenge decisions of the First-tier Tribunal effectively.
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.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
