child benefits

I have a client who has got leave to remain but has NO Recourse to Public Funds.She has a son who is British and she is unable to claim any benefits. She is currently struggling financially.
Any idea on how i should advice.
Thanks

A good start would be to talk to your immigration team to see if the NRPF condition can be lifted as that solves the problem at source. EUSS as a Zambrano carer may also be a possibility worth looking at.

Otherwise, they can still consider applying for some (mainly contributory) benefits such as nsJSA/ESA. If they don’t have the means to support themselves, they can apply to the local authority for assistance under s17 Children Act. There is some material here: https://www.project17.org.uk/resources/

The Zambrano route was closed to new applicants in May 2019 and they were specifically excluded from child benefit anyway. As already mentioned, if the client is on a route that allows it, she could investigate getting the NRPF lifted - it’s a free application dealt with reasonably quickly.