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Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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Mental health and benefits

CPAG in Scotland

This event is in the past

This course provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure full entitlement to benefits. It looks at how to meet the disability and medical assessments for work capability and avoid some of the pitfalls of the system.

The course covers:

Common diagnoses, symptoms, medication and side effects

Barriers to people getting the right entitlement

Personal independence payment and adult disability payment in a mental health context

Medical assessments for universal credit and employment and support allowance

Tactics for dealing with other benefit issues

This course is suitable for advisers with a working knowledge of the benefits system.

Date
11:00, 31 August to 1 September 2022
Contact
Pauline Chalmers
01415523303
Theme
Social justice & poverty
Cost
Various - see website
Attendance type
Online only
Venue
https://cpag.org.uk/training-and-events/events/mental-health-and-benefits-scotland-31-august-%E2%80%93-1-september-2022-online
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