Courses
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.
Universal credit - work capability assessment and disability rules
This two-morning, standard level online course provides an overview of the universal credit (UC) rules for ill and disabled claimants.
Universal credit - work capability case law and best practice
Children - disability living allowance
Adviser skills - Using medical evidence in benefit appeals
This course looks at how to use medical evidence effectively, particularly in Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Universal Credit Appeals.
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.
Limited capability for work in universal credit
Kinship carers and the benefits system
‘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.
Payments for children in Scotland
This course gives you an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age.