The Disability Law Service is able to offer the following training courses for this autumn. To book, or for any enquiries please contact the DSL directly.
- Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance: Guide to Successful Claims
This course is for brokers, advisors and advocates working with disabled people and those with long term health problems about the rules concerning Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance. The course will provide the knowledge required to maximise the likelihood of a successful claim, understand why a claim would be unsuccessful and how to appeal when claims are rejected. 6 October 10 am—1 pm
- Introduction to how the Equality Act can be used in Employment
This course will be particularly relevant to advocates and advisers who are looking for a basic knowledge and understanding of the Employment provisions of the Equality Act. It will provide an overall understanding to how the Equality Act applies in the employment context, how to assess who might qualify for protection, an understanding of the situations the Act applies to, an understanding of the different strains of disability discrimination law, the ability to identify which strains apply to case studies, an understanding of what remedies are available and up to date knowledge of recent caselaw. 13 October 10 am—1 pm
- An Introduction to Community Care Law
This course will be particularly relevant to brokers, advocates and advisers who are looking for a basic knowledge and understanding of community care law. The course will provide delegates with knowledge of the basic principles of community care law, an understanding of how the law affects clients wishing to access community care services and how to apply general legal principles and guidance in this area. The course includes an explanation of the legal duties of social services to assess need for community care services and provide services to meet assessed needs, an explanation of the rights of the client in the assessment and service provision process and an overview of the various mechanisms available to individuals to enable them to enforce their legal rights. 18 October 10 am—1 pm
- Employment Law issues relevant to disabled people employing their own staff
This course is suitable for advisors, advocates, brokers and disabled people employing their own staff. Delegates are not expected to have an existing understanding of employment law. The course will provide an explanation of general employment law rights and obligations and a brief overview of the procedure and proceedings at the Employment Tribunal from the perspective of an employer. 27 October 10 am—1 pm
- Using the Disability Equality Duty to improve disability rights in the public sector
This course is an introduction to the Disability Equality Duty and an overview of how this legislation can be used to improve the rights of disabled people and challenge decisions made by public authorities at a policy level (e.g. when planning services) and when making individual decisions (e.g. community care support for individuals). It will focus on the legal obligations of public authorities under the Disability Equality Duty? and on relevant case law. It will also look at the changes to equality legislation through the Equality Act. 3 November 10 am—1 pm
Full course information and booking is available from the website (www.dls.org.uk). Courses are delivered by DLS lawyers who have day to day experience of their subjects at our accessible* office in Whitechapel. Courses cost £75 per half day session for voluntary organisations and a discount is available for multiple bookings (please see the website for Terms and Conditions).
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