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.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
This course looks at how to use medical evidence effectively, particularly in Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Universal Credit Appeals.
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 two-morning course is aimed at those supporting women fleeing from domestic abuse.
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
Disability living allowance (DLA) is the main way of meeting the additional needs of many children, yet it is under-claimed and can be hard to understand.
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.
‘Kinship care’ is the situation in which a child goes to live with a member of their extended family or with a family friend. This course looks at benefit issues that arise for kinship carers.
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education.