CPAG in Scotland

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‘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. It also provides an opportunity to look at the range of benefits which kinship carers might want to claim, for example, child benefit, guardian’s allowance, disability and carers’ benefits.

The course covers:

Which benefits can kinship carers claim

The impact on benefits of the type of kinship care arrangement

The impact of universal credit ‘migration’ on kinship carers

How local authority support to kinship carers interacts with the social security system

This course is ideal for advisers and others such as social workers, who are supporting kinship carers.

Date

10:00-13:00, 9 January 2025

Contact

Pauline Chalmers
01415523303

Theme

Social justice & poverty

Cost

Various - see website (discount for CPAG members)

Attendance type

Online only

Online venue

https://cpag.org.uk/training-and-events/courses/kinship-carers-and-benefits-system

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