CPAG courses in Scotland
January 2012 – March 2013

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Benefit administration

• Overpayments of DWP benefits

Challenging decisions and appeal tribunals

• Appeals to the Upper Tribunal
• Representing at the First-tier Tribunal
• Tribunal representation – practice and tactics half day
• Using evidence effectively half day
• Using legislation and caselaw

Children and young people

• Benefits for disabled children and their families £25 half day
• Benefits for disabled children from age 16 new £25 half day
• Benefits for young people
• Kinship care, looked after children and care

Housing

• Housing benefit overpayments
• Housing benefit and rent arrears
• Housing benefit problem areas
• Help with mortgage and other payments

Introductory courses

• Introduction to welfare rights
• AA/DLA – an introduction
• ESA – an introduction
• Benefits for non-benefit advisers

Life events

• Income maximisation for families half day

Older people

• Income maximisation for older people

People from abroad

• Benefits for people from abroad
• European nationals – benefit essentials half day £25

Update courses for experienced advisers

• Benefits and tax credits law update

People with disabilities and their carers

• AA/DLA – challenging decisions
• AA/DLA – effective claiming
• Benefits for disabled children and their families £25 half day
• Benefits for disabled children from age 16 new £25 half day
• DLA – caselaw and tactics half day
• DLA for children
• Mental health and benefits

Students

• Benefits for disabled students half day
• Introduction to benefits for student advisers
• Introduction to funding and benefits for students IN-HOUSE
• Students and benefits – an update half day
• Students and benefits – eligibility
• Students and benefits – the basics IN-HOUSE

Tax credits

• Childcare and tax credits NEW £25 half day
• Tax credits – an update half day
• Tax credits – appeals, overpayments and complaints
• Tax credits – calculating awards
• Tax credits – the essentials £25 half day

Training skills

• Training for trainers

Unable to work

• ESA – an introduction
• ESA – transfers and appeals new

Welfare reform

• Personal independence payment (Stage 1 training) new half day
• Universal credit new half day
• Universal credit (Stage 1 training) new half day

• Welfare reform half day
• Welfare reform – what you need to know (basic level) new half day

'Welfare to work'

• In-work benefits for lone parents and disabled people
• Jobseeker's allowance – jobseeking conditions