Challenging work capability assessment decisions
The work capability assessment (WCA) is used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to assess whether someone is sick and is central to claims for employment and support allowance (old
The work capability assessment (WCA) is used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to assess whether someone is sick and is central to claims for employment and support allowance (old
The work capability assessment (WCA) test dominates employment support allowance (ESA) and universal credit (UC) in relation to sick claimants.
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education.
If you need to get a universal credit or other benefit decision changed, this course aims to gives you the essential knowledge to do it.
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.