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  • Care Leavers And The Benefits System, Glenrothes

    Created: 13/04/2017
    News/Events Category: Training and Learning


    When: 1.00pm - 4.00pm , Thursday 11 May 2017
    Where: Bankhead Central, Bankhead Park, Glenrothes, KY7 6GH
    This event is being organised by Fife Partnership
    This particular event is free to attend, so no payment is required.


    It is too late to book a place for this particular session, sorry about that.

    The training programme contains a range of courses and e-learning opportunities that will be useful and relevant to anyone working with individuals and families in Fife who are struggling to make ends meet.

    Changes to the welfare system – including the benefit cap introduced in November 2016 and the planned move to ‘full service’ Universal Credit from December 2017 – are affecting more and more people across Fife.

    Who should attend?

    This course is very relevant to those working with vulnerable young people including social workers, advice workers and those working for children’s charities.

    Aim: Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are excluded from incomerelated benefits. Instead the local authority is responsible for supporting them. This course looks at the special benefit rules for care leavers and the local authority’s responsibilities towards these young people.

    This half-day course covers:

    • The special benefit rules affecting 16 and 17-year-olds leaving care and in continuing care
    • Local authorities’ powers and responsibilities towards care leavers, including new responsibilities under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
    • The impact of universal credit

    People attending this course will receive a FREE copy of the latest edition of the Children’s Handbook Scotland.

    Trainers: Alison Gillies, CPAG in Scotland.

    All the courses are open to all public and voluntary sector workers in Fife and are free to attend.

    This training programme is funded by Fife Partnership, through its recommendations in Fairness Matters, the report from the Fairer Fife Commission to address poverty and inequality in Fife. Training sessions are delivered by the Poverty Alliance, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, and One Parent Families Scotland.

    To book a place please complete the booking form and return to [email protected] or contact Kelly Higgins by calling 01592 226561 or e-mail: [email protected]

    For more information on the courses, please contact Lyndsey Maricic, Fife Council by calling 03451 55 55 55 ext 446 138 or e-mail: [email protected] or Laura Henderson, NHS Health Promotion by calling 01592 226506 or e-mail [email protected].




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