This two-morning course provides an overview of the benefits system and examines how the system fits together.
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.
This course provides a basic overview of social security benefits, and which further and higher education students in Scotland might be able to claim them.
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
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.
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 explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
