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15 December 2023
What a case manager should do if an individual entitled to Child Disability Payment (CDP) dies.
Guidance
14 December 2023
Local authorities have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in their area who are in need. A child may be considered ‘in need’ because they have a disability.
Guidance
14 December 2023
The individual stops being paid the care component on their 29th day in alternative accommodation. This is called non-payment of assistance.
Guidance
14 December 2023
The length of stay is calculated differently depending on how the child or young person enters and leaves alternative accommodation.
Guidance
14 December 2023
Period of leave payments can be made when Social Security Scotland is informed of any temporarily leave from the alternative accommodation.
Guidance
14 December 2023
Short periods of stay in alternative accommodation, with less than 28 days in between, can be linked together to calculate the length of stay.
Guidance
13 December 2023
Types of changes that a third party organisation may tell Social Security Scotland about.
Guidance
13 December 2023
Overview of changes that may prompt scheduled reviews.
Guidance
13 December 2023
Information about changes that require a scheduled review.
Guidance
13 December 2023
Information about changes that do not need an unscheduled review.
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