'Complex needs' status for UC claimants
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This course is aimed at frontline advisers supporting claimants in work and for advisers supporting claimants back into work.
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.
Universal credit (UC) changes all the time, as the law is updated, tribunals and courts interpret the law, and it is implemented in practice.
This course looks at how limited capability for work rules affect universal credit (UC).
This course is for people who want to learn how to use QBC (the Quick Benefits Calculator) effectively and confidently.
The course covers:
If you need to get a universal credit or other DWP benefit decision changed, this course aims to gives you the essential knowledge to do it.
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.
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.