Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
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.
This course gives you an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age.
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.
Make sure you are up to date with how recent benefit changes and current issues impact on kinship carers.
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.
