Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules. Some are excluded from income-related benefits like universal credit and instead the local authority is responsible for supporting them. Some are entitled to a ‘care-experienced bursary’. This course looks at the special benefit rules for this group of young people and provides the opportunity to consider other support available.

The course covers:

The special benefit rules affecting 16 and 17-year-olds leaving care and in continuing care, including young people who have been living with kinship carers
Local authorities’ powers and responsibilities towards care-experienced young people
Universal credit and care-experienced young people
The care-experienced bursary and its interaction with the social security system
Other help available to care-experienced young people
This course will be delivered online via Zoom from 10am to 1pm with a half hour break from 11.15 – 11.45.