WELFARE SUPPORT

Info about welfare support services available in Angus

All in Angus | Enable Works

All in Angus provides specialist employability support to individuals aged 16-67, who have a health condition or disability, and are looking for work.

We can also support parents who are currently unemployed or employed and looking to improve or change their career.

Enable Works delivers tailored support throughout Angus, at a place and time that suits you. This support ranges from CV building and interview techniques to managing health challenges at work, employer engagement and in work support.

If you are interested to learn how we could support you, please contact us.

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Angus Homeless Prevention Service

Homeless Prevention Service

Our Angus-wide service supports those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

We can help you if you are:

  • homeless
  • living in temporary accommodation
  • living in local authority, housing association or private rented housing

Our Homeless Prevention Support Team can support you to:

  • maintain your tenancy, preventing homelessness.
  • set up a new tenancy.
  • manage your benefits, budgeting, and other financial matters.
  • access health services and other third sector services
  • navigate through the homeless route / housing issues.
  • access education, employment, and volunteering
  • manage your health and wellbeing.
  • develop independent and self-care living skills.

  

Housing First

Our Homeless Prevention Support Team also provide support for Housing First tenancies in Angus.

Housing First targets those who have a history of homelessness or failed tenancies and multiple needs, such as:

  • substance use
  • mental health
  • offending behaviour

 

Our aim is to provide a tenancy as early as possible with wraparound intensive support in partnership with other services in Angus.

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Angus Housing Association

At present we have over 1,850 houses in management, mainly throughout Angus, however over 550 are located in Dundee. Our housing varies in type, size and location. Our houses range from bedsits to 6 apartment houses.
 

If you are looking for a new home, you can obtain an application form either by downloading one from our web site or contacting one of our offices.

 
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One Parent Families Scotland

We work specifically with single parents (of any gender and any age), to support them to break down barriers to get into employment, education and/or training. This is completed through parent led support in areas including; confidence building, CV reviews and interview preparation, empowering them to pursue and achieve their personal goals and reach a positive destination.
 

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Parenting | OPFS Employment Support | 

Universal Credit

Universal Credit is a new benefit for working age people who are in or out of work.

It has replaced the following benefits and tax credits with a single monthly payment:

  • Housing Benefit
  • Job Seekers Allowance (income-based)
  • Employment & Support Allowance (income-related)
  • Income Support
  • Child Tax Credit
  • Working Tax Credit
 
 

Welfare Rights

The Angus Council Welfare Rights Team provides a free, impartial and confidential benefit and debt advice service to anyone living in the Angus Council area. 

This includes:

  • benefit entitlement checks and income maximisation covering all UK and Scottish benefits.
  • claims advice and assistance including form filling.
  • challenges to benefit decisions including appeal representation if appropriate.
  • dedicated Macmillan worker to assist anyone on a cancer journey or their families.
  • Council Tax issues and advice.
  • debt advice – comprehensive debt advice service including all statutory debt options.
  • housing debt.

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Keywords

Benefits | Universal Credit | Disability Payments | Debt Options | Eviction | Sanction | Benefit Appeals | Dispute A Benefit Decision | Adult Disability Payment | Child Disability Payment