Workshops and Training
We also offer practical and informative advice about the Social Fund procedures and the review process to Applicants' Representatives and the Social Security Agency.
Workshops are :
- Free of charge
- Delivered at a venue of your choice
- Designed for a minimum of 6 people Delivered to either Social Security Agency or Applicant's Representatives or can be held jointly
- Usually designed to last either a half or a full day
- Participative
- Designed to meet a range of needs
We currently offer a range of workshops. However, if you are interested in a particular subject, we can normally tailor a presentation to meet your needs. The aim of these workshops is to share our expertise to help provide a greater understanding of the subject covered. We use practical example and discussion to enable advisors to help their clients effectively and for Decision Makers to reach the right decision.
Please use the Workshop Booking form (78Kb PDF) 
Direction 4 Workshop
In-depth study of grants intended to help people on a qualifying benefit in certain circumstances, for example :
- Help someone establish in the community following a stay in care
- Help someone remain in their own home rather than enter care
- Help families experiencing exceptional pressure
- Help someone to care for a person on temporary release from prison
- Help someone to set up home as part of a planned resettlement programme
The workshops will also include :
- Consideration of the tests of the Direction
- Evidence and Guidance, and
- Practical examples and discussion points.
Social Fund Overview Workshops
Aimed at people who give general advice about the discretionary Social Fund, this workshop :
- Provides an overview of the Social Fund and its processes
- Provides an introduction to Social Fund law
- Provides information about the evidence which is required when completing application forms and applying for reviews
- Provides information about the tests that are applied when a decision is reviewed
- Looks at the Secretary of State's guidance to decision-makers
- Includes practical examples and discussion points
- Provides information about the review procedure to enable advisors and representatives to give the right advice to their clients.
Self-Instruction Packages
These allow you to work through a training package at your own time and pace - ideal for individuals where workshops are not practical. These packages are maintained and updated by IRS and are available online. You can download the Self Instruction Packages or request them to be posted to you. There is no charge for these packages.
