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Judicial review (online)

Judicial review is an essential tool for challenging decisions that affect benefit and tax credit claimants where there is no right of appeal. This interactive course gives advisers a clear understanding of its potential use and helps them to develop their skills in challenging unlawful decision-making.
Experienced Legal

Kinship carers and the benefits system (Scotland) ONLINE

‘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. It provides an opportunity to consider local authorities’ responsibilities in relation to kinship care assistance and a chance to look at what universal credit means for kinship carers and for local authorities.
Introductory Training in Scotland

Limited Capability for Work in Universal Credit (online)

This half-day standard level online course looks at how limited capability for work rules affect UC. The outcome of the work capability assessment has a crucial role in determining claimants’ work-related requirements as well as the amount of money they get.
Disability benefits Standard Universal credit

Limited capability for work in universal credit (Scotland) ONLINE

This course looks at how limited capability for work rules affect universal credit (UC). The outcome of the work capability assessment has a crucial role in determining claimants’ work-related requirements as well as the amount of money they get.  The course covers:
Standard Training in Scotland

Looking up the law online (Scotland) ONLINE

Build your skills with this practical course on effective legal research for benefit casework.  Competent casework starts by knowing the right questions to ask your client.  Whether you are helping clients decide on the right course of action or supporting them with an appeal, the facts relevant to the case depend on the law. This course is an essential guide to finding the relevant law online.    The course covers: 
Legal Standard Training in Scotland

Mental health and benefits (online)

This one-day standard level course, delivered online over two consecutive mornings, provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure full entitlement to benefits, and to help avoid some of the pitfalls of the system. The course covers:
ESA Health PIP Standard Universal credit

Mental health and benefits (Scotland) ONLINE

This course provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure full entitlement to benefits and avoid some of the pitfalls of the system. The course covers:
Standard Training in Scotland

Overpayments of benefit (Scotland)

Benefit may be overpaid for many reasons and recovery often leaves people in hardship. The rules on recoverability vary considerably between DWP benefits, housing benefit and tax credits and now, Scottish benefits, and the course highlights the significance of claimant or official error for each. Using practical examples, this course equips you to deal with overpayments by taking a systematic approach to checking and challenging recoverability.
Standard Training in Scotland

Payments for children in Scotland (Scotland) ONLINE

This course provides an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age. Scottish child payment is available for almost half of all children under 16 and significantly increases income. It is crucial for advisers and others to know about this and other family payments in Scotland so that nobody misses out on vital income. The course also covers UK benefits for children, which are still the main source of support in Scotland.
Introductory Training in Scotland

PIP - Claims to Decisions (face-to-face)

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a disability welfare benefit run by the Department for Work and Pensions. It is aimed at those starting a PIP claim aged between 16 to pension age. PIP can assist with personal care needs as well as with mobility difficulties. It is paid at various rates and is not means-tested. An award of PIP can also increase certain “legacy” awards that were already in place before universal credit was invented.
Disability benefits Introductory PIP