Guidance Library

Case managers can use powers to temporarily suspend social security payments

Living in a care home or residential educational establishment affects the individual’s entitlement to the care component

The guide explains how to apply the law (also known as the rules) on entitlement to CDP to individual cases.

Case managers make process and determinations of entitlement decisions.

Some examples of how a case manager could make a mistake.

Child Disability Payment

Case managers in Social Security Scotland use this guide to make decisions on new and existing Child Disability Payment (CDP) cases.

Introduction to decisions, who makes them and how the decision making guide helps.

Decision makers are employed by the Scottish Government to decide who gets Child Disability Payment (CDP) on behalf of the Scottish Ministers.

Case managers should take a person-centred approach when making decisions