Guidance Library

415 results

Guidance

30 October 2020

Job Start Payment

Checking child responsibility status for Job Start Payment

Guidance

30 October 2020

Useful information for clients

Guidance

30 October 2020

Job Start Payment

Internal review for Job Start Payment

Guidance

30 October 2020

Job Start Payment

Contacting the client

Guidance

30 October 2020

Carer's Allowance Supplement

Extra support for clients

Guidance

22 August 2025

Child Disability Payment

Applying the backwards and forwards tests

Individuals must satisfy the backwards and forwards tests to be entitled to a higher rate of either component of CDP when their award is reviewed

Guidance

22 August 2025

Child Disability Payment

Hospitals, Residential Settings and Legal Detention

Entitlement to payment of the mobility component of CDP continues when an individual entitled to CDP enters alternative accommodation.

Guidance

22 August 2025

Legal Detention and entitlement to CDP

Guidance

22 August 2025

Legal authority to act on the child's behalf

A person with parental rights and responsibilities has the right to act as the child's legal representative.

Guidance

22 August 2025

Over-payments and under-payments

Individuals may be liable to repay Social Security Scotland if they have received an higher payment than they are entitled to, or they have received a payment they are not entitled to, of CDP or short-term assistance.

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