shawn
editorial director, rightsnet
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28th Jul 2005
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Big Book of Benefits and Mental Health 2009/10
Wed 08-Jul-09 12:25 PM |
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<ADVERTISEMENT>
The Big Book of Benefits and Mental Health 2009/10 is now available.
Written by Judy Stenger - Welfare Rights Adviser with the Neath Port Talbot Mind Income Project - the Big Book contains 250-plus illustrated A4 pages of user-friendly information, examples, hints, tips, tactics, sample forms etc. - aimed at people with mental health problems and those who help with benefits applications, challenging decisions etc.
'An essential piece of kit for all community mental health teams, community psychiatric nurses, approved social workers and voluntary groups as well as general benefit advisers ...
If you have a mental health problem and are trying to cope with the benefit sysyem or if you are a professional who wants to give good solid advice there is no better guide that you can buy...'
- Community Care Magazine New for 2009/10 -
- The new DLA forms - including full examples
- Mental health diagnoses and their symptoms from a disability benefits perspective
- Employment and Support Allowance in even more detail! - including: the ESA Medical Guidance/ Mental Health descriptors in full/ ESA in hospital
Plus Contents -
- Barriers to Benefit
- Steps to Maximum Entitlement
- The Sickness Route to Benefits (including the IB50 and ESA50 forms - sample pages, supporting letter templates, Work Focused Interviews, Work Focused Health Assessments and conditionality, The Work Capability Assessment / deemed criteria, how much ESA? - the 2009/10 rates, worked examples/ better off calculations)
- Sickness Route and DLA Medicals
- Benefits for Carers
- Means Tested Benefits in working age
- Pension Credit
- Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
- Crisis Loans, Community Care Grants
- DLA and AA (including example forms/ support letters)
- Options for Work
- Benefits in Hospital
- Challenging Decisions (including example submission)
Orders -
The Big Book costs £15 plus £1.50 p&p, and is available from Judy Stenger, 32 Victoria Gardens, Neath SA11 3BH 01639-643905; email wellfarerights@btconnect.com or @ http://www.benefitsinmind.org.uk
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