This is a selection of documents available to download for registered Carers Centre staff / volunteers.
ESA Transfer and Carers
Possible problems with Transfer to Employment & Support Allowance & Carers
Use this Word document to up-date your staff and volunteers on recent changes to benefits we are aware of from January and April 2011
Training Material in Powerpoint
Carers Allowance Training 2010
Test Your Knowledge Of Carers Allowance
Benefit Charts:
Lists most of the common benefits and amounts paid weekly
With various premiums and additions added to speed things up
Lists the various amounts paid in Pension Credit and the cut off points for Savings Credit
Employment Support Allowance Rates
Lists the various amounts paid from ESA(C) and ESA(IB)
Standard Welfare Rights letters:
(Last update Dec 2008)
These standard letters and forms, (In Word format, unless otherwise stated), are invaluable tools for effective Welfare Rights work. You may save them on your hard drive or complete them on screen and print and you can adapt them for your own use.
Words in bold print on the letters contain instructions and/or optional information and should be deleted before you print.
Terms and Conditions:
The letters are designed to be used by advisers. The letters are only as good as the adviser who uses them and they must be used with appropriate advice and proper examination of the issues in each case, so no liability can be accepted for how they are used or for the results obtained.
Thanks to www.neilbateman.co.uk for allowing us the use of these standard letters, please leave the footer on any letters used as copyright.
Application for deductions from IS JSA IB PC for rent arrears (By tenent)
Application for payment of hostel service charges by deductions from IS JSA IB PC
Applications for deductions form IS IB JSA PC for rent arrears (Request by landlord)
Application to waive or defer a Work Focused Interview
Benefit Appeal Form (GL24) no access to a GL24 this will do instead?
Benefit Overpayment Recovery Waiver asking that an overpayment should not be recovered
Community Care Grant supporting letter
Discretionary HB or CTB request form
DLA and AA diary to support new claim or review requests
DLA higher Mobility Component for severe mental impairment
DLA Mobility Component walking test for Virtually unable to walk cases
HB Delay interim payment request
Information to be disclosed to a representative
IS or JSA Interim payment request
Letter before action (England and Wales) for missing benefit payment
Notification of intenetion to claim
Request to waive recovery of other benefits (In addition to appeal)
Request to DWP for compensation for delay or error
Request to waive recovery of overpayment (In addition to appeal)
Request to waive recovery of Tax Credit overpayment (Use with HMRC form TC846)
Revision or Supersession request
Severe hardship and Estrangement claims for IS, JSA by young people
Social Fund review request at the Social Fund Inspectors stage