Mental health and benefits
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.
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.
Do you advise or support former members of the British armed services and their families?
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.
Child disability payment (CDP) is a Scottish benefit that helps towards the additional needs of disabled children.
Benefit may be overpaid for many reasons and recovery often leaves people in hardship.
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
A new system of Scottish disability benefits is replacing personal independence payment (PIP), disability living allowance (DLA) and attendance allowance (AA) for people living in Scotland.
Social security law and tax credit law can change from day to day and advisers need to keep abreast of developments to advise their clients correctly.
Carer support payment is a new Scottish benefit which replaces carer’s allowance in Scotland. This course will update you on the transfer from carer’s allowance to carer support payment.