Make sure you are up to date with how recent benefit changes and current issues impact on kinship carers.
Our annual face to face conference returns to the University of Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1 RD on Thursday 19 June 2025.
This two-morning course provides an overview of the benefits system and examines how the system fits together.
You do not need to be a benefit expert to make a difference. This course is for anyone working with people in Scotland on low incomes or with additional needs.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
This is essential training if you are starting out as a welfare rights adviser in Scotland or need a good understanding of 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.
This course gives you an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age.
