Courses

PIP - Claims to Decisions (online)

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 still increase certain “legacy” awards that were already in place before Universal Credit was invented.

QBC - making the most of your calculator (Scotland) ONLINE

This course is for people who want to learn how to use QBC (the Quick Benefits Calculator) effectively and confidently.  The course covers:

Representing at the First-Tier Tribunal

This two day face-to-face training course gives a basic grounding in representing clients at the First-tier Tribunal. Through mock tribunals, participants gain experience in a safe environment where there is nothing to lose. The course covers:

Scotland welfare rights conference

**Bookings closed** As we return for our first face to face conference in three years the challenges facing low-income families and the welfare rights and frontline workers who advise and support them are greater than ever. The ongoing cost of living crisis, universal credit migration, the benefit issues EU nationals face following Brexit and planned changes to work capability assessments with implications for Scotland’s new disability payments are all issues adding to the challenge of ensuring people get the social security support they are entitled to. 

Scottish carer's assistance (Scotland) ONLINE

The first income-replacement benefit to be devolved to Scotland is Scottish carer’s assistance. It replaces carer’s allowance and is due to roll out throughout Scotland by spring 2024. The course covers:

Scottish social security - an introduction (Scotland) ONLINE

This short course provides an introduction to benefits delivered by Social Security Scotland. It is aimed at advisers and other workers who have little or no knowledge of these benefits.      The course covers: 

SEMINAR It’s time to go – universal credit and managed migration (SCOTLAND)

Our seminar It’s time to go – universal credit and managed migration took place on Thursday 23 November 2023. We discussed how people in Scotland are now moving to universal credit through the managed migration process. 

Social security law update (online)

Social security law and tax credit law can change from day to day and advisers need to keep abreast of developments to advise their clients correctly. Arranged under topic headings and concentrating on regulations and caselaw, this essential two-morning course looks at the most important changes in benefit and tax credits law from the previous six months. The course covers:

Social security law update (Scotland) ONLINE

Social security law and tax credit law can change from day to day and advisers need to keep abreast of developments to advise their clients correctly. Arranged under topic headings and concentrating on regulations and caselaw, this essential one-day course looks at the most important changes in benefit and tax credits law from the previous six months. The course covers:

Stick or Twist? Jumping Ship to Universal Credit (online)

Around 6 million people have claimed universal credit (UC), but several million are still on Legacy benefits. Changes to the rules in 2021 made it easier to switch to UC, but is switching a good choice? This problem is made more acute by DWP announcements that full UC migration may not be completed until 2028 – leaving an unresolved position for maybe 5 more years.