Care-experienced young people and the benefits system
CPAG in Scotland
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules. Some are excluded from universal credit and instead the local authority is responsible for supporting them. Some are entitled to a ‘care-experienced bursary’. This course looks at the special benefit rules for this group of young people and provides the opportunity to consider other support available.
The course covers:
The special benefit rules affecting 16 and 17-year-olds leaving care and in continuing care, including young people who have been living with kinship carers
Local authorities’ powers and responsibilities towards care-experienced young people
Universal credit and care-experienced young people
The care-experienced bursary and its interaction with the social security system
Other help available to care-experienced young people
- Date
- 10:00-13:00, 28 January 2026
- Contact
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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/care-experienced-young-people-and-benefits-system
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