About the course

This course covers the detailed benefit rules affecting young people, exploring entitlements, restrictions, opportunities and obligations. It will look at rights and difficulties in the age of 'welfare-to-work' particularly for young people under housing stress. This course is aimed at staff who already have a basic knowledge of the benefit system

Course content

• Benefit rules for 16-17 years olds, or 16-19 year olds, when on training schemes, studying, working, sick, disabled or unemployed
• Special attention to changes for care leavers, education maintenance allowances, e2e training and apprenticeships, estrangement and contacting third parties, Connexions and pilot schemes of Activity Allowances
• Benefit rules for those age 16 or 18 to 24, in making a range of claims for benefits as an adult, at each stage of 'welfare-to-work'
• Special attention to the New Deal, the 'Benefits Simplification' programme, the Social Fund and Housing Benefit restrictions
• Evaluation

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course participants will:

• List key details of the main updated benefit entitlements for young people
• Understand the latest procedures for claims and the ways provisions and responsibilities are changing and set to change further
• Identity key benefit issues quickly with young people in housing need