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.
Make sure you are up to date with how recent benefit changes and current issues impact on kinship carers.
You do not need to be a benefit expert to make a difference. This course is for anyone working with people in Scotland on low incomes or with additional needs.
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.
