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
Universal credit - managed migration
This course aims to equip you with the practical knowledge you need to help your clients navigate the migration to universal credit.
Event on
23 May 2025
Also on
17 Sep 2025
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
Universal credit - managed migration
This course focuses on the transitional issues for claimants who are moving from employment and support allowance (ESA) to universal credit (UC). It is expected that all remaining claimants in Scotland will be moved to UC under the managed migration process during 2025.
Event on
11 Jun 2025
Also on
11 Sep 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
Also on
20 Nov 2025, 4 Mar 2026
Webinar: Managed migration - an update: “All over but the crying?”
In this online seminar, we give an update on managed migration, including: extensions and cancellations, the DWP’s ‘enhanced support journey’, the correct approach to overpayments of legacy benefits, how to tackle recurring issues for those migrating from ESA, and an in-depth look at SSWP v MJ [2025] UKUT 035 (AAC).
Event on
3 Jul 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
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. The course takes a step-by-step approach and looks in-depth at how the rules apply to different scenarios.
Event on
11 Nov 2025
Benefits for EEA nationals
The requirement to have a right to reside for key benefits such as universal credit, remains a significant barrier preventing many EEA nationals accessing these benefits.
Event on
18 Nov 2025