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Training Courses
BRC is a well-established local
provider of welfare rights training. Or
E-mail joembrc@gmail.com For
specific queries on course content, please ask for the tutor teaching the
session. Courses Offered General Benefits
Course Wednesday 16th May 8 weeks course Pausing for half term break (6th
June) Mondays 10am - 4pm, Tutor: John Martin Cost voluntary sector £100 This
course runs for 8 days. It covers all the main benefits, contributory and
non-contributory, means-tested and non-means tested. The course looks in
detail at recent changes and changes proposed for the near future in the
context of the government’s welfare reform agenda. ·
Earning
replacement benefits: (Jobseekers allowance, employment and support
allowance, income support ·
In-work
benefits (working tax credit, housing benefit, council tax benefit) ·
Benefits
for maternity, paternity and children ·
Pensioners,
the bereaved, the social fund ·
Benefits
for disabled people ·
How
to challenge decisions; welfare reform generally Aimed at: Anyone wanting to advise
claimants. New advice workers and volunteers who want an introduction to the
main benefits system. Advisers with some experience who want a refresher on
benefits in the context of recent and proposed changes. |
Immigration and Nationality 2 day Course Mon 18th and 25th
June Tutor: John Martin 10am – 4pm Cost voluntary sector: £75 This two day course deals with current policy and procedures in immigration and
nationality. After the first day you should be able to answer: Who is British? How do you become British? Who needs permission to enter and remain in the How do you get such permission? After the second day you should be able to
answer: What are the rules regarding EEA nationals and
entry to the What are the rules regarding coming to the to work or to study? What are the rules about migrants and benefits ? What impact does the Human Rights Act have on these
issues? The course is suitable for those looking to
broaden their knowledge of immigration, nationality, Europeans in the It is a preparation for the OISC level 1 test but
will also be useful for people who do not want to specialise in immigration
but want an understanding of the subject and how it relates to social
security and other welfare rights. |
Advocacy 1 day
course Monday
2nd July Tutor: John Martin 10am –
4pm This one day course aims to improve participants’
ability and confidence to explain a factual situation and put forward an
argument persuasively. The day is very much a day for practical
involvement, not rules or theory. Participants will prepare a variety of case
studies/scenarios and then attempt to persuade the other members in the group
to come to certain conclusions. It is hoped participants will be stretched but also
find it fun, though underlying the exercises is the serious business of
trying to put forward a case in the most persuasive and compelling way.
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