We have 5 Brand New CPD Accredited courses and workshops! 

We have 5 Brand New CPD Accredited courses and workshops!

We are very excited to announce that 5 of our brand new courses have this week been CPD accredited!

This means our training and workshops provide you with the reassurance that our learning activity has been independently assessed and scrutinised to ensure integrity and quality, and that it has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks required by the CPD Certification Service.

As a bonus, you will now also get a nice shiny certificate within 7 days of completing your training!

Let’s have a look at some of the courses which have already had fantastic feedback……

Get to Grips with Disability Living Allowance for Children (An Introduction) 4 CPD points.

Do you work supporting people with children who have disabilities or long-term health conditions? DLA for Children is a massively underclaimed benefit which opens the doors to vital extra support for people responsible for Children.

This 4 hour online/ 6 hours in person course looks at the following:

• What DLA for children is and who is eligible.
• The components of DLA for children and how they work.
• How to apply for DLA for children and navigate the complex application form in detail.
• How to challenge decisions from the DWP when it comes to DLA for children.
• How DLA for a child can increase other benefits for the family and improve children’s wellbeing and environment.

Prisoners and Welfare Benefits (An Introduction) 5.5 CPD Points

Do you support people going into and coming out of prison and their families with welfare benefits and housing? Then this 6 hour online/ 7 hour in person course is for you, it looks at the following:

•  How to support prisoners with welfare benefits including universal credit when they go into prison and when they leave.
• How to support prisoners with homelessness.
• The different types of sentencing of prisoners and the impact on their welfare support.
• Where to get support for prisoners and their families.

Get to Grips with Universal Credit (Advanced) 5.5 CPD Points

Maintaining a Universal Credit claim can be a challenge especially if you suffer from addiction, are a mixed age couple or have just got out of prison. This course demonstrates how to support people with complex needs on Universal Credit.

Perhaps you’ve already participated in our highly acclaimed Get to Grips with Universal Credit (An Introduction) course and fancy a deeper dive into the benefit?

This 6 hour online/ 7 hour in-person course looks at the following:

•  How much can you earn before a Universal Credit payment is reduced including the work allowance, taper rate and what is classed as savings, income, and capital.
• How to manage a Universal Credit Claim if you are self-employed including start up periods , expenses and the minimum income floor.
• How to support people with complex needs on Universal including claimants with learning disabilities, people suffering from domestic abuse, people struggling with addiction and people with physical and mental health conditions.
• Understanding the payment structure of Universal Credit and how this can cause issues for people on fluctuating income or have a pay frequency that isn’t monthly.
• Understanding the differences between the natural, voluntary, and managed migration to UC and identifying the positive and negative impacts on people as a result of the process.

Challenging Welfare Decisions (Advanced) 6 CPD points

The process of claiming benefits is not always an easy one, and sadly not everyone is given the award they deserve. Records show that 1 in 4 PIP (Personal Independence Payments) decisions go unchallenged due to the stress of the process. Universal Credit benefit sanctions are at there highest levels ever, but many people do not understand how to challenge decisions when they may have a ‘good reason’ which can overturn the sanction.

Perhaps you have taken part in our highly acclaimed Get to Grips with Personal Independence Payment (An Introduction) and now want to learn how to challenge decisions regarding the benefit.

This 6 hour online/ 7 hours in person course will explore:

• Understanding which welfare benefits can be challenged and what are the timescales for   doing so.
• Understanding complex DWP terminology and procedures including how and when to use Mandatory Reconsiderations, Revisions, Appeals and Supersessions.
• Practical tools, tactics, insight, and skills to get the best outcomes for people needing support with challenging DWP decisions.
• How to prepare a submission and appeal.

Carers and Caring Benefits Workshop (An Introduction) 5 CPD points 

There are an estimated 10.6 million carers in the UK that’s 1 in 5 adults with 600 people a day having to leave their job to provide full time unpaid care for a loved one or relative.

Being a carer isn’t easy. Despite carers saving the government over £350 million a day in costs, just under half of carers in the UK are living in poverty and 36% of carers in a recent survey said not knowing what services and support were available were a barrier to getting the right support.

If you support people who have care needs or carers, then this workshop is for you. This  5 hours online/ 6 hours in person workshop covers the following:

• Which benefits can people with care needs claim and what are the qualifying benefits for carers to be able to claim carers benefits.
• What is Carers Allowance, Carers Credit and the Carers Element of UC and how do they affect other benefits.
• What are needs assessments, carers assessments, home adaptations and Disabled Facilities Grants.
• How to identify additional support for carers.

As always, Society Matters training is designed and delivered by experts with acute front-end experience of supporting people with the challenges we go on to train. Our aim is always to give participants in our training and workshops the confidence to make their mark on their own lives or the lives of the people they are aiming to help.

People who have attended our courses will tell you they are never ‘death by PowerPoint’. We use real life case studies and keep interaction to a maximum with regular quizzes, insights and activities.

Here at Society Matters, we’re extremely proud of our excellent reputation and feedback from our customers right across the UK. Take a look at our testimonials here

If you are interested in any of our courses, we would love to talk to you, get in touch here