Highlighting The benefits system
Outline of the benefits system - 10 minutes
The right order to check benefits - 7 minutes
The right order to check benefits - 7 minutes
An overview of the way in which benefits operate in Wales, looking at the three main groups of benefits: earnings replacement, means tested and condition based.
General. Basic
The right order to check benefits - 7 minutes
The right order to check benefits - 7 minutes
The right order to check benefits - 7 minutes
Why looking at benefits in the right order is the secret to getting benefits entitlement right, with examples.
General. Basic
The Benefits Cap - 8 Minutes
The right order to check benefits - 7 minutes
The Benefits Cap - 8 Minutes
An explanation of the way in which the overall benefit cap operates, who it applies to and the impact it has.
General. Basic
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Ready Assembled Snippets
These are already prepared sessions that have been requested and are available online. The description includes the length in minutes, the target group and the level of knowledge or experience expected.
Social Care Charging
31 mins
Contains:
Money & Social Care in Wales
Residential care and Charging
Domiciliary Care and Charging
General. Basic
Disability Benefits
40 mins
Contains:
Child DLA
Personal Independence Payment
Attendance Allowance
General. Basic
Means-Tested Benefits
58 mins
An assembly of means-tested benefits snippets. containing:
Universal Credit
Unlocking Pension Credit
Housing Benefit - a practical guide
Lower the Council Tax bill
General. Basic
Health Forms for Benefits
14 mins
Two Health forms with a big impact on benefits and other help;
The MED3 form or Fit Note
The SR1 form for Special Cases
General / Clinical. Basic
Help and Younger Children
36 mins
Contains:
Pregnancy and after the Birth
Childcare costs in Wales
Help in School
General. Basic
Means-Tested Benefits
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own
Universal Credit
14 mins
How Universal Credit works, the structure of how it's worked out and its role as a safety net.
General. Basic
Unlocking Pension Credit
15 mins
The structure of how Pension Credit is worked out
Benefits. General. Basic
Housing Benefit - a practical guide
14 mins
How Housing Benefit works in Wales, after the recent changes to legacy benefits
General. Basic
Lower the Council Tax bill
15 mins
Discounts and means-tested help that may reduce Council Tax bills.
General. Basic
How means testing works
34 mins
The calculation processes in some detail. An explanation of the factors involved in means-testing and how they are applied. Universal Credit, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support
General. Basic
Children & Young People
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own
Pregnancy and after the birth
15 mins
Help during pregnancy and once the baby is born.
Education / Children. General. Basic
Childcare support
8 mins
Help with the costs of childcare
Education / Children. General. Basic
Help in School
12 mins
Help in schools in Wales, Including
Free School Meals, School Essentials Grant, Educational Maintenance Allowance, school transport and Food and Fun.
Education / Children. General. Basic
Social Care
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own
Money & Social Care in Wales
16 mins
An overview of how income and savings are used in the assessment of social care charging in Wales.
General. Basic
Domiciliary Care and Charging
8 mins
An overview of how domiciliary care, care at home, operates in Wales and how it's charged for
General. Basic
Residential Care and Charging
8 mins
An overview of how residential care operates in Wales and how it's charged for.
General. Basic
Disability
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own
Child DLA
11 mins
An outline of eligibility, evidence and the application process for Child Disability Living Allowance
General. Basic
PIP
15 mins
An overview of PIP, for 16+ working age adults, how eligibility is determined and a look at the future of the benefit.
General. Basic
Attendance Allowance
14 mins
The essentials about an Attendance Allowance claim and how it's assessed.
General. Basic
Sickness & Health
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own
Using a MED3 form
9 mins
Looks at the MED3 form, or the Fit Note, to show how it's used by clinicians, employers and the DWP.
General / Clinical. Intermediate
Special rules and the SR1 form
5 mins
How the terminally ill can be fast tracked to benefits
General / Clinical. Intermediate
Pensions
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own
The State Pension
15 mins
An outline of the changes in state pension age and the way in which the older Basic State Pension and the newer New State Pension work.
General. Basic
The End of Life
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own. In preparation
Awareness for Wales
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own
The Poverty Premium
7 mins
A look at the many factors showing why, often, it costs more to be poor.
General. Basic
Benefits and Prison
13 mins
The effects on benefits of being in custody
General. Basic
Benefits and the local economy
6 mins
The effect that benefit take-up has on local economies in Wales. Why increasing benefit take-up can be a huge financial boost to the local area.
General. Basic
DAF - The Discretionary Assistance Fund
7 mins
This snippet explains how the DAF works and for whom the two types of help from itare appropriate
General. Basic
The Psychology of Help
The individual snippets that you can assemble into your own session or view on their own
Help deciding to claim
13 mins
how to influence making the decision to claim
General. Basic
Ready to claim?
14 mins
Finding out when someone is ready to make a claim
General. Basic
Nudging to action
14 mins
Helping people to take action for themselves.
General. Basic
Overcoming resistance
12 mins
How to help people who are reluctant to take action
General. Basic
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