PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR CARERS
AA/DLA – challenging decisions
GDAA0112 7 December 2012 Glasgow
This one-day course is aimed at advisers challenging attendance allowance (AA) and disability living allowance (DLA) decisions. Participants will have an opportunity to use the legislation, caselaw and other useful resources. A working knowledge of attendance allowance and disability living allowance is assumed.
This course looks at:
- Grounds for revising or superseding decisions
- Tackling unfavourable decisions
- Preparing arguments and discussing tactics for appeals
 Level Standard
Tutor Alison Gillies
Time 10am - 4pm
SNS 4.8
CPD 5 hours
AA/ DLA – effective claiming
GDEC0112 4 October 2012 Glasgow
Whether someone succeeds in getting attendance allowance (AA) or disability living allowance (DLA) often depends on how well the lengthy claim form is completed. This course aims to help you cope with the challenges of completing AA/ DLA claim forms effectively and increase your clients’ chances of success.
The course covers:
- Helping clients talk about their illness or disability
- Tips and guidance in completing the different sections of the forms
- How to avoid making common mistakes
- Advice on information that can support a claim
- Practice completing a claim form
A basic knowledge of AA/ DLA entitlement rules is assumed.
“Very impressed … put over in an accessible manner”
Level Introductory
Tutor Tim Cowen
Time 10am - 4pm
SNS 3.3 and 4.8
CPD 5 hours
Benefits for disabled children and their families half day
GDBT0112 22 August 2012 Glasgow
This half-day course offers practical advice both on checking that a family is getting all they could be and on how you can help make claims effectively. It aims to help you recognise important issues, and equip you to advise directly or refer for specialist advice.
This course covers:
- An overview of the benefit system with an emphasis on families
- Who should apply for disability living allowance and how to help
- Extra tax credits and benefits that are often overlooked
- What happens when a child turns 16
The course is aimed at anyone working with children and families. No previous knowledge of benefits and tax credits is required. If you would with over 16s you may be interested in our course Benefits for disabled children from 16.
"Very clear explanations – no jargon"
Level Basic
Tutor Jon Shaw
Time 1pm - 4pm
SNS 4.8
CPD 3 hours
This course is at the special price of £25 per person for organisations in Scotland. We also provide this course IN-HOUSE for organisations in Scotland for £150 in total for up to 20 people at your workplace or a venue which suits you.
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Benefits for disabled children from 16 £25 NEW Half day
GDDY0112 5 December 2012 Glasgow
This new basic level course focuses on the transition to adult benefits from age 16 for young people with disabilities or health problems who still live at home. It looks at when young people can choose between remaining on their parents’ benefit claims as children and claiming employment and support allowance (ESA) in their own right as adults.
This course covers:
- An introduction to ESA entitlement for young people in education
- The difference between being a child and an adult in the benefits system
- How a family’s benefits might be affected when a young person turns 16
- Changes to DLA from age 16
Level Basic
Tutor Jon Shaw
Time 1pm - 4pm
SNS 4.8
CPD 3 hours
This course is at the special price of £25 per person for organisations in Scotland. We also provide this course IN-HOUSE for organisations in Scotland for £150 in total for up to 20 people at your workplace or a venue which suits you.
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DLA – caselaw and tactics half day
GDLW0112 23 August 2012 Glasgow
This half-day course is aimed at experienced tribunal representatives. It provides an overview of the recent caselaw and other developments in DLA appeals, and considers the implications for tactics at tribunals.
Among the subjects considered are:
- Caselaw – key decisions and test cases
- Medical evidence – its importance, use at tribunal and how it is weighed
- Presenting at the tribunal – current trends and the expectations placed on representatives and appellants
This course will include the opportunity for representatives to share experiences and ideas.
“Excellent course, among the best and most useful I have attended”
Level Experienced
Tutor Simon Osborne
Time 1pm - 4pm
SNS 4.8
CPD 3 hours
DLA for children
GDDL011 6 March 2012 Glasgow
GDDL012 7 March 2013 Glasgow
Disability living allowance (DLA) is the main way of meeting the additional needs of many children, yet it is under-claimed and hard to understand. This course looks at the DLA rules as they apply to children and considers how to fill in the form to avoid pitfalls and get the best outcome from the outset.
The course covers:
- What extra care needs must a child have to qualify for DLA
- The main caselaw on DLA for children
- Basic milestones in childhood development
- The impact of stays in residential schools, care homes and hospitals
- How DLA for a child can increase benefits for the family
"Excellent ... and the course materials are very useful"
Level Standard
Tutor Jon Shaw
Time 10am - 4pm
SNS 4.8
CPD 5 hours
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Mental health and benefits
GDMH0112 24 May 2012 Glasgow
This course is led by Paula John, a mental health officer and social worker with extensive experience in mental health, and Alison Gillies, welfare rights workers with CPAG. It provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure entitlement to disability living allowance, employment and support allowance, and to help avoid some of the pitfalls of the benefit system.
The course includes:
- Common diagnoses, symptoms, medication and side-effects
- Barriers to people getting the right entitlement
- Considerations when working in a mental health context
- DLA in a mental health context
- Medical tests for employment and support and incapacity benefits
- Tactics for dealing with other benefit and tax credit issues
- The difference income maximisation makes
A working knowledge of the benefits system is assumed.
"I really enjoyed the course and valued the input from both trainers"
Level Standard
Tutors Alison Gillies and Paula John
Time 10am - 4pm
SNS 4.8
and 4.9
CPD 5 hours
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