Kinship carers and benefits – an update
Make sure you are up to date with how recent benefit changes and current issues impact on kinship carers.
Event on
20 May 2025
Courses
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Benefits for non-EEA nationals
This standard level course offers an opportunity for advisers to gain knowledge and confidence to advise non-European nationals on how their immigration status affects their entitlement to benefits.
Event on
20 May 2025
Also on
21 Oct 2025, 11 Feb 2026
Adviser skills - Understanding social security law and finding it online
Entitlement to social security is determined by whether or not a claimant meets the legal rules relevant to the benefit in question. Similarly, the processes that must be followed. This full-day standard level course is suitable for advisers who undertake benefit casework.
Event on
3 Jun 2025
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1 Oct 2025, 10 Feb 2026
Benefits for EEA nationals
The law affecting the entitlements of EEA nationals continues to evolve and, to most effectively assist EEA nationals, it is vital that advisers keep up to date. This standard level course offers a step-by-step approach to enable advisers to ask the key questions and gather the information most useful when assisting EEA nationals to obtain their benefit entitlements.
Event on
10 Jun 2025
Also on
4 Nov 2025, 25 Feb 2026
Adviser skills - writing benefit challenges
Build your skills with this practical course on effective drafting for benefit casework.
Event on
18 Jun 2025
Also on
7 Oct 2025
Benefits for EEA nationals - advanced
This advanced level course looks in detail at the social security rights of EEA nationals in the UK. It provides an opportunity for advisers who are familiar with some of the more commonly occurring scenarios to focus on specific complex areas and recent significant developments.
Event on
24 Jun 2025
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20 Nov 2025, 4 Mar 2026
Judicial review
Judicial review is an essential tool for challenging decisions that affect benefit and tax credit claimants where there is no right of appeal. This interactive course gives advisers a clear understanding of its potential use and helps them to develop their skills in challenging unlawful decision-making.
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24 Jun 2025
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2 Dec 2025
Appeals to the upper tribunal
This course is essential for anyone who wants to challenge decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) effectively.
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2 Jul 2025
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4 Nov 2025, 18 Mar 2026
Appeals to the Upper Tribunal
This course is essential for welfare rights advisers in Scotland who want to challenge decisions of the First-tier Tribunal effectively.
Event on
9 Sep 2025
Care-experienced young people and the benefits system
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
Event on
23 Sep 2025