YOUNG PEOPLELooked-after children, their carers and families LDCA011 10.00am – 4.30pm 23 June 2011 This course is complementary with the Benefits for young people course but also stands alone for those working with families with younger children. Looked-after children, their carers and families can be booked as a two-day course with Benefits for young people. This course covers those ‘boundary issues’ between social security and social work such as:
No prior knowledge of the Children Act 1989 or the benefits system is needed.
Benefits for young people LDYP011 10.00am – 4.30pm 24 June 2011 Benefits for young people can be booked as a two-day course with Looked-after children, their carers and families. This course will help Connexions Personal Advisers, social services staff, housing workers, education workers, advice workers and anyone advising young people get to grips with complex rules relating to young people. The course looks at how the benefits system applies to young people (aged under 25), and particularly those aged 16 – 17. It will focus on:
It will also look at the benefit entitlement of those in particular situations e.g. disabled young people, looked-after children and care-leavers, people on training courses and in education, pregnancy and lone parents, part-time students, and estranged young people living away from their parents. “Brilliant – great delivery on a subject which could have been very dull!! Really valued the practical exercises.” “Really enjoyed delivery – interesting, pertinent and fun.”
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