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Mental Health and Benefits

Mental Health and Benefits

Mental Health and Benefits

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 10:00:00 AM until

This course provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure full entitlement to benefits, and to help avoid some of the pitfalls of the system.

The session will cover:

  • Common diagnoses, symptoms, medication, and side-effects
  • Barriers to people getting the right entitlement
  • Personal independence payment in a mental health context
  • Medical tests for universal credit and employment and support allowance
  • A basic knowledge of the benefits system is assumed.

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