Welfare Reform Programme of Training January to June 2017 NI Welfare Reform...Welfare Reform Awareness Session (Eligible Groups Only) An Overview of Welfare Reform & The Mitigations
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Providing award winning training for the past 18 years
Welfare Reform
Programme of Training
January to June 2017
Includes a host of new and exciting courses and Northern
Irelands first nationally accredited Welfare Reform course
Advice NI Welfare Reform Training Calendar: January to June 2017:
January 2017
Date Course Title Time Location
12th,19th & 26th (3 day course) 23rd 26th 31st 31st
An Accredited Guide to Welfare Reforms Welfare Reform Awareness Session (Eligible Groups Only) The State Retirement Pension for Beginners (Includes Pension Reform) Nutshell: Everything You Need To Know About Housing & Welfare Reform Nutshell: Challenging Decisions and Welfare Reform
10am to 4pm 10am to 12pm 09.30am to 1pm 10.30am to 12pm 1.30pm to 3pm
Derry/Londonderry Belfast Belfast Belfast Belfast
February 2017
Date Course Title Time Location
8th,15th & 22nd (3 day course) 14th 16th 20th
An Accredited Guide to Welfare Reforms Nutshell: From Social Fund to Discretionary Support Welfare Reform Awareness Session (Eligible Groups Only) An Overview of Welfare Reform & The Mitigations Package
10am to 4pm 10.30am to 12pm 10am to 12pm 9.30am to 1pm
Belfast Belfast Belfast Belfast
March 2017
Date Course Title Time Location
6th 8th,15th & 22nd (3 day course) 13th 20th 23rd, 30th March and 6th April (3 day course)
An Introduction to Personal Independence Payment An Accredited Guide to Welfare Reforms Nutshell: Understanding Welfare Reform Mitigations & Supplementary Payments Welfare Reform Awareness Session (Eligible Groups Only) An Accredited Guide to Welfare Reforms
9.30am to 1pm 10am to 4pm 10.30am to 12pm 10am to 12.00pm 10am to 4pm
Belfast Derry/Londonderry Belfast Belfast Belfast
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April 2017
Date Course Title Time Location
7th 25th 26th
Nutshell: PIP – What You Need To Know About The New Form and Medical Assessment Nutshell: Understanding Welfare Reform Sanctions Nutshell: From Social Fund to Discretionary Support
10.30am to 12pm 10.30am to 12pm 10.30am to 12pm
Belfast Belfast Belfast
May 2017
Date Course Title Time Location
22nd 25th
Nutshell: Everything You Need To Know About ESA In Welfare Reform An Introduction to Universal Credit
10.30am to 12pm 9.30am to 4pm
Belfast Belfast
June 2017
Date Course Title Time Location
1st 5th 27th
Nutshell: PIP – What You Need To Know About The New Form and Medical Assessment Nutshell: Welfare Reform – Preparing Clients For Practicalities Nutshell: What You Need to Know About Child Maintenance Reforms
10.30am to 12pm 10.30am to 12pm 10.30am to 12pm
Belfast Belfast Belfast
Note: Sessions can be delivered in other locations with sufficient numbers. Please contact [email protected] for further information.
Everything you need to know in one convenient qualification Title/Reference: An Accredited Guide to Welfare Reforms (Ref: AGWR/ 2017) About the Course: This interactive course covers all aspects of current welfare reforms including PIP, ESA changes, Discretionary Support, and changes to housing related benefits. It explores sanctions, mitigations, and challenging decisions (e.g. mandatory reconsiderations). The course will fully equip advisers with the knowledge and skills needed for welfare reform as well as practical experience such as completing the new benefit forms. It is nationally accredited with OCNNI at Level 3 (5 Credits) and worth 18 CPD hours. Participants will receive a resources pack of over 100 pages to support them in their daily role.
Who Should Attend?
This course is recommended for Advisers (including volunteers) and other colleagues wanting to develop
and/or accredit their knowledge of Welfare Reforms.
Location/Time/Date:
The course will run over 3 days from 10am to 4pm each day. It will run on the following dates:
Course Run Location Dates RUN 1: January 2017
Derry/Londonderry 12th,19th and 26th of January 2017
RUN 2: February 2017
Belfast 8th,15th and 22nd of February 2017
RUN 3: March 2017
Derry/Londonderry 8th, 15th & 22th of March 2017
RUN 4: March 2017
Belfast 23rd, 30th March & 6th April
Note: Candidates only need to complete 1 run.
The Belfast runs will be delivered at Advice NI offices and the Derry/Londonderry delivered at Verbal Arts
Centre, Stable Lane & Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry/Londonderry, BT48 6PU.
Fees: The cost of the course is £450 per person which includes OCNNI registration and certification fees.
The Department for Communities will fund the cost of the course for frontline council-funded advice
providers.
Accreditation/CPD Hours: The course is Northern Ireland’s first nationally accredited Welfare Reform
qualification. It is accredited with OCNNI at Level 3 (5 Credits) and worth 18 CPD hours.
Educational/Professional Framework:
The course covers all DfC Welfare Reform training requirements for council-funded advisers. This course
can be used as evidence towards a range of units in our Advice and Guidance NVQ’s and Legal Advice
qualifications including ‘Understanding the Importance of Legislation and Procedures’ (Unit 30). It is also
linked to the National Occupational Standards for Legal Advisers including ‘IB19 – First Line Welfare Rights
and Legal Advice’.
NEW
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An Overview of Welfare Reform and the
Mitigations Package An essential course preparing you for Welfare Reform
Title/Reference: An Overview of Welfare Reform and the Mitigations Package (Ref: OWR/FEB/2017)
About the Course:
This half day training course provides participants with a dynamic overview of the changes initiated by
welfare Reform and the mitigations package. It covers reforms to benefits for children, working age and
older people, including means tested benefits, non-means tested benefits, Child Tax Credits, Working Tax
Credits, disability benefits including PIPS and ESA and Housing Benefit. It also outlines the different
elements of Universal Credit and how they might apply to single people, families, disabled persons and to
housing costs and includes a detailed summary of current and proposed mitigations.
Who Should Attend?
The course is aimed at advisers, policy workers, those involved in lobbying and campaigning, community
champions interested in advice work, and those working in the subject area to update and refresh their
knowledge in this ever changing subject matter.
Location/Time/Date: The course will run on the 20th February 2017. It will be delivered at Advice NI offices
in Belfast. The course runs from 9.30am to 1.00pm. Bespoke/in-house training options are available for
those wishing to access the course at an alternative date/time/location. Please see ‘Bespoke Training’
section.
Fees: There is a charge of £30 to Advice NI Members, £45 to Voluntary and Community Sector
organisations and £65 to Private and Statutory Sector organisations.
CDP Hours: There are 3 CDP hours available for this course.
Progression Routes: We advise that participants study ‘An Introduction to Personal Independence
Payment’ and ‘An Introduction to Universal Credit’ as a progression from this course.
Educational/Professional Framework:
This course can be used as evidence towards a range of units in our Advice and Guidance NVQ’s and Legal
Advice qualifications including ‘Understanding the Importance of Legislation and Procedures’ (Unit 30). It is
also linked to the National Occupational Standards for Legal Advisers including ‘IB19 – First Line Welfare
Rights and Legal Advice’.
“The passion and knowledge of the tutor was impressive, the course was perfect.”
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An Introduction to Personal Independence Payment A practical course detailing the criteria for the new personal care benefit for working age people
Title/Reference: An Introduction to Personal Independence Payment (Ref: PIP/2017)
About the Course Welfare Reform (NI) Order 2015 is introducing significant reforms to the Social Security
Benefit System, including the gradual abolition of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for working age people
in favour of a new benefit, known as Personal Independence Payments (PIP). PIP Fresh Claims began on
20th June 2016.
This ½ day course will detail the two components of PIP, the basic conditions of entitlement, special rules
and provide a full introduction as to how entitlement to PIP is assessed. This will include a look at the PIP 1
and 2 forms and the medical assessment points system.
Who Should Attend? The course is recommended for anyone who requires a working knowledge of
disability benefits or works with those with an illness/disability and/or carers.
Location/Time/Date: The course will run on the 6th of March 2017. It will be delivered at Advice NI offices
in Belfast. The course runs from 9.30am to 1pm. Bespoke/in-house training options are available for those
wishing to access the course at an alternative date/time/location. Please see ‘Bespoke Training’ section.
Fees: There is a charge of £30 to Advice NI Members, £45 to Voluntary and Community Sector
organisations and £65 to Private and Statutory Sector organisations.
CDP Hours: There are 3 CDP hours available for this course.
Educational/Professional Framework: This course can be used as evidence towards a range of units in our
Advice and Guidance NVQ’s and Legal Advice qualifications including ‘Understanding the Importance of
Legislation and Procedures’ (Unit 30). It is also linked to the National Occupational Standards for Legal
Advisers including ‘IB19 – First Line Welfare Rights and Legal Advice’.
Progression Routes: We advise participants study this course in conjunction with ‘An Overview of Welfare
Reform & the Mitigations Package’ and ‘An Introduction to Universal Credit’ to gain a full understanding of
Welfare Reform.
“Presented in a clear, concise manner with great supporting material: A very useful course well worth the
time spent.”
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An Introduction to Universal Credit A detailed view of the most important change to means tested benefits in a generation
Title/Reference: An Introduction to Universal Credit (Ref: UC/MAY/2017)
About the Course: Universal Credit will fundamentally change the current means-tested benefits and tax
credit systems as we know it. This in depth, 1 day course, will identify which benefits Universal Credit
replaces and which remain outside Universal Credit. It will explain the detailed rules of Universal Credit,
including the basic conditions of entitlement, financial conditions, benefit caps, under-occupancy penalties
and claimant conditionality, including sanctions.
It will highlight, in detail, how Universal Credit entitlement is calculated for single people, lone parents,
couples, those with dependent children, those who have limited capability for work, carers and those who
need assistance with housing costs.
Who Should Attend? The course is recommended for advisers and other colleagues who have a baseline
knowledge of the Social Security Benefit system or those who have completed our ‘Overview of Welfare
Reform’ or ‘Overview of Welfare Reform & Mitigations’ course.
Location/Time/Date: The course will run on the 25th of May 2017. It will be delivered at Advice NI offices in
Belfast. The course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Bespoke/in-house training options are available for those
wishing to access the course at an alternative date/time/location. Please see ‘Bespoke Training’ section.
Fees: There is a charge of £75 to Advice NI Members, £95 to Voluntary and Community Sector
organisations and £125 to Private and Statutory Sector organisations.
CDP Hours: There are 6 CDP hours available for this course.
Educational/Professional Framework: This course can be used as evidence towards a range of units in our
Advice and Guidance NVQ’s and Legal Advice qualifications including ‘Understanding the Importance of
Legislation and Procedures’ (Unit 30). It is also linked to the National Occupational Standards for Legal
Advisers including ‘IB19 – First Line Welfare Rights and Legal Advice’.
Progression routes: We advise participants study this course in conjunction with ‘An Overview of Welfare
Reform & the Mitigations Package’ and ‘An Introduction to Universal Credit’ to gain a full understanding of
Welfare Reform.
“Fantastic training will recommend to others.”
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Welfare Reform in a Nutshell Sessions Targeting your learning on Welfare Reform
Overview:
We have a selection of Welfare Reform sessions suitable for those who have already benefited from our
Welfare Reform training and wish to update their knowledge in a timely and cost effective manner or for
those who just need information on a specific aspect of Welfare Reform.
Location: All of our Welfare Reform in a Nutshell Sessions are 90 minutes in length and delivered at Advice
NI Offices in Belfast. Bespoke/in-house training options are available for those wishing to access the course
at an alternative date/time/location. Please see ‘Bespoke Training’ section.
Fees: £15 Members/£20 Voluntary and Community Sector/£30 Private and Statutory Sector.
PIP: What You Need to Know About the New Form and Medical Assessment: PIP Fresh Claims began on June 20th 2016. This practical session will advise you on best practice in form completion and how to advise your clients in preparation for the medical assessment. Delivery Dates & Time: 7th of April 2017 from 10.30am to 12.00pm. 1st June 2017 from 10.30am to 12.00pm.
Challenging Decisions and Welfare Reform: This session will look at how decisions are made, what mandatory reconsideration is and what direct lodgement means for a client’s rights to appeal. It will explain the new process for challenging a case and the financial considerations of this for benefits like ESA or JSA. Delivery Dates & Time: 31st of January 2017 from 1.30pm to 3.00pm.
Understanding Welfare Reform Sanctions: This session will explain how individuals will have certain obligations placed upon them to successfully maintain their claim to benefits and the impact of sanctions on those deemed not to have carried out these actions. It will look at sanctions relating to ESA, JSA and Universal Credit. Delivery Dates & Time: 25th April 2017 from 10.30am to 12.00pm.
Understanding the Northern Ireland Welfare Reform Mitigations & Supplementary Payments: This interactive session will explain how each effected group are mitigated by specific Northern Ireland Regulations, how the initiative will function and who will benefit from it. The session will include mitigations relating to the Bedroom Tax, Benefit Cap, ESA and an overview of practical support and advice resources available. Delivery Dates & Time: 13th of March 2017 from 10.30am to 12.00pm.
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From Social Fund to Discretionary Support: This session will explain the impact of Welfare Reform on the Social Fund and what remains in place after reform. It will look at the new Discretionary Support Scheme and the role of the Discretionary Support Scheme Commissioner. Delivery Dates & Time: 14th of February 2017 from 10.30am to 12.00pm and 26th of April 2017 from 10.30am to 12.00pm.
Welfare Reform – Preparing Your Clients for Practicalities: This session will help you to prepare your clients for Welfare Reform ahead of the Universal Credit Roll out in 2017. It will enable you to provide them with the tools to help them to understand budgeting, how their rent works, how to access help with digital inclusion and meeting their employability needs. Delivery Dates & Time: 5th of June 2017 from 10.30am to 12.00pm.
Everything You Need to Know About Employment and Support Allowance in Welfare Reform This session will look at all of the key reforms to ESA including; time limiting of Contributions Based ESA; ESA for Young People; What ESA will look like within Universal Credit; Changes to the Work Related Activity Group; and ESA mandatory reconsiderations, sanctions and mitigations.
Delivery Dates & Time: 22nd of May 2017 from 10.30am to 12pm.
Everything You Need to Know About Housing and Welfare Reform This session will cover the key reforms to housing related benefit payments including; The “Bedroom tax” ; Changes to Support with Mortgage Interest Payments; What’s happening to Housing Benefit, Local Housing Allowance and Supported Accommodation; Changes to financial assistance for Rates; and Pay to Stay (England). It will also focus on housing related mitigations.
Delivery Dates & Time: 31st of January 2017 from 10.30am to 12.00pm.
What You Need to Know About Child Maintenance Reforms This session will cover the key reforms to Child Maintenance relating to charges, how the service works, and how to navigate the system. It will look at how the Child Maintenance has developed and evolved and what welfare reform means for maintenance.
Delivery Dates & Time: 27th of June 2017 from 10.30am to 12pm.
“This was an outstanding presentation, I learned a huge amount”
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The State Retirement Pension for Beginners
An informative session on a subject that affects us all, planning for later life
Title/Reference: The State Retirement Pension for Beginners (Ref: SRP/JAN/2017)
About the Course:
The State Retirement Pension has seen its most significant reform in two generations and is set to continue
to see further changes. This short and practical overview will help you understand just how the State
Pension actually works now and what it might look like in the future. It will cover:
The State Pension, Working Life and National Insurance.
How pensions work for couples, single people and those who have experienced bereavement or
divorce.
Deferring Pensions and working beyond retirement age.
Retirement planning, tax, savings and private pensions and how they interface with the State
Pension.
The future of The UK State Pension Scheme and idea of a single tier pension.
Who should attend?
The course is aimed at advisers, anyone interested in personal retirement planning, financial advisers, HR
staff, trade union representatives, lawyers and anyone working with older people.
Location/Time/Date:
The course will run on the 26th of January 2017. It will be delivered at Advice NI offices in Belfast. The
course runs from 9.30am to 1pm.
Fees: There is a charge of £30 to Advice NI Members, £45 to Voluntary and Community Sector
organisations and £65 to Private and Statutory Sector organisations.
CDP Hours: There are 3 CDP hours available for this course.
Educational/Professional Framework:
This course can be used as evidence towards a range of units in our Advice and Guidance NVQ’s and Legal
Advice qualifications including ‘Understanding the Importance of Legislation and Procedures’ (Unit 30). It is
also linked to the National Occupational Standards for Legal Advisers including ‘IB19 – First Line Welfare
Rights and Legal Advice’.
“Taken step by step, this was very easy to follow….. All Advisers should do this training! “
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Welfare Reform Awareness Sessions Free Welfare Reform sessions for eligible groups
Title: Welfare Reform Awareness Session
About the Course: This FREE half day training session provides participants with an overview of current
welfare reforms including Personal Independence Payments, Employment Support Allowance changes,
Discretionary Support/Finance Support Service, and changes to housing related benefits. It will also provide
an overview of sanctions, mitigations and challenging decisions.
Who Should Attend? The course is aimed at advisers and others working with groups who will be impacted
by Welfare Reform (see Fees/Eligibility below).
Location/Time/Date/Booking: The sessions will be provided on a scheduled and in-house basis. Groups
with 10 or more participants can avail of the in-house option and will need to complete the Expression of
interest form at the back of this programme and/or contact [email protected].
In-house sessions will be offered on a first-come-first served basis so we advise early expressions of
interest.
Current scheduled sessions include the following and can be booked via our website at www.adviceni.net:
Date Time Location 23rd January 2017 10am to 12pm Belfast
16th February 2017 10am to 12pm Belfast
20th March 2017 10am to 12pm Belfast
Note: Further scheduled sessions will become available. Please check our website.
Scheduled sessions will be delivered at Advice NI offices in Belfast. The session are 2.5 hours in length,
however flexibility can be applied to in-house sessions to meet organisational needs.
Fees/Eligibility: The sessions are FREE to eligible groups including non-council funded advisers, specialist
advisers, policy workers, political parties, council representatives, Independent Advocates, Voluntary &
Community groups and networks working with those affected by Welfare Reform, and other groups
working with those impacted by Welfare Reform (e.g. Social workers, housing associations etc.). To check
Please tell us of any special requirements you may need, such as hearing loop, large print etc:
Payment:
Course cost: £ Please indicate if you have included payment: Please invoice me Please note a late cancellation fee will apply to courses cancelled with less than 5 working days’ notice. Please see our cancellation policy.
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