CPAG in Scotland

This is essential training if you are starting out as a welfare rights adviser in Scotland or need a good understanding of the benefits system.

It introduces you to the social security system and gives you a detailed knowledge of the core benefits and assessments involved in welfare rights advice in Scotland. It will equip you to give accurate advice and carry out benefit checks using recommended methods and up-to-date resources.

The course covers:

Structure of the UK and Scottish social security systems

Checking eligibility and entitlement to benefits

Universal credit claims and amounts

Work capability assessment

Pension age benefits

Adult disability payment

Using the CPAG handbook and keeping up to date

This course is ideal for new advisers who have little or no experience of the benefits system. It is delivered on six half-days over two weeks and runs each day from 10am to 1pm.

Date

10:00, 22 April to 1 May 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/introduction-welfare-rights

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