This course equips you with the knowledge and skills you need to prepare an effective submission.
Make sure you are up to date with how recent benefit changes and current issues impact on kinship carers.
Child disability payment (CDP) is a Scottish benefit that helps with the extra costs of looking after a disabled child.
This practical course is essential for new representatives and advisers who want to be more confident in representing clients at social security appeal hearings at the First-tier Tribunal.
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 course is essential for welfare rights advisers in Scotland who want to challenge decisions of the First-tier Tribunal effectively.
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
This interactive and practical course is designed to increase your skills and confidence if you are new to training, and provide an update on best practice if you are a more experienced train
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
