TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
DLA FOR CHILDREN - 8 December
Disability living allowance (DLA) helps meet the additional needs of disabled children. DLA will soon be replaced by a new Scottish benefit, called child disability payment, which will have many similar rules to DLA. This half day course gives you a practical insight into the main DLA rules for children and the knowledge to fill in the application form to get the best outcome for the child. It also helps you get ready for the introduction of child disability payment.
The course covers:
Who is entitled to disability living allowance
How to claim
The impact of stays in residential schools, care homes and hospitals
How DLA for a child can increase benefits for the family
Plans for introducing child disability payment in Scotland.
It is aimed at advisers with little or no knowledge of these benefits.
This introductory level course will be delivered online as follows;
10.00 - 11.15 training session delivered via Zoom
11.15 - 11.45 break
11.45 - 1.00 training session delivered via Zoom
This is a practical course, delivered using a combination of trainer presentation, exercises and group discussion.
INCOME MAXIMISATION FOR CARERS - 9 - 10 December
Becoming a carer of a disabled person often means a drop in household income, and sometimes an increase in expenses too. Carers may need to make crucial decisions about work, study, their caring responsibilities and what benefits to claim.
This course gives an introduction to the main benefits available for carers and explains how to maximise income through benefit checks. It will help you support clients in deciding what to claim in or out of work.
The course covers:
Principles of income maximisation
Meeting the conditions for carer’s allowance
Carer’s allowance supplement in Scotland
Young carer grant in Scotland
Income support and universal credit – which applies and how to maximise entitlement
Help with housing costs
The effect of work on benefits for carers
Local authority duties to provide information and advice including income maximisation
This 'one-day equivalent' introductory level course will be delivered online over two mornings as follows;
9 December 2020
10.00 - 11.15 training session delivered via Zoom
11.15 - 11.45 break
11.45 - 1.00 training session delivered via Zoom
10 December 2020
Repeat of day 1 schedule
This is a practical course, delivered using a combination of trainer presentation, exercises and group discussion.
