Universal credit and work
This course is aimed at frontline advisers supporting claimants in work and for advisers supporting claimants back into work.
Event on
5 Jul 2024
Also on
17 Jan 2025
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.
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education.