Universal Credit and Self-Employment

Who is this course for?

This course is for staff and volunteers who are helping clients with Universal Credit claims, and want to know more about who is treated as self-employed and how self-employment affects a Universal Credit claim.

Aims

This course will equip staff and volunteers with greater knowledge of the specific rules and requirements for the self-employed in receipt of Universal Credit resulting in a better understanding of entitlement to the benefit and a stronger ability to resolve problems with awards.

Objectives

By the end of the course delegates will have covered:

• Who is self-employed 

• Who is gainfully self-employed

• How self-employed income is calculated 

• The Minimum Income Floor and which claimants it affects

• Capital disregards for business assets of the self-employed

A complete set of slides will be provided at the end of the course.