Social Care & Health

Welfare Rights

Welfare Rights involves the provision of information, advice and assistance relating to more complex issues across the full range of Social Security and other benefits.

Support assistants who specialise in this work continue to operate within Social Services, but access to this service is now only available to people whose circumstances fall within specified Community Care criteria.

Information, advice and assistance relating to the full range of Social Security and other benefits is also available from your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

Money Advice

Money Advice involves the provision of free and confidential advice and assistance to people who are having difficulty with debt repayments and includes help to negotiate arrangements with creditors and to ensure that benefit entitlement is maximised.

Support assistants who specialise in this work continue to operate within Social Services, but access to this service is now only available to people whose circumstances fall within specified Community Care criteria.

Free, confidential and impartial advice and assistance for people experiencing difficulty with debt repayments is also available from your local Citizens Avice Bureau.

For further information on the above services, or how to access them, please contact either your local Social Services office or Citizens Advice Bureau as appropriate.

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