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Supporting Low-Income Families Manage Benefit Change, Kinghorn
Created: 13/04/2017The 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?
Those from any organisation who work with people on low income and need to increase their understanding of poverty, welfare reform, the potential impact on their clients and how those clients can be supported to avoid crisis and what to do when in crisis. Participants do not need an in-depth knowledge of current benefits and welfare related work to attend.
Aim: This course is for front line staff who need an understanding of the nature of poverty in Fife, and how changes to the benefit system affect people in Fife. The training will help staff provide initial advice and referral to specialist support services.
The course covers:
Trainers: Mark Willis, 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].