This 45-minute online course (via Teams) aims to give frontline workers an overview of what happens to welfare benefits when someone reaches State Pension age.

This course is aimed at non-welfare benefits advice roles.

By the end of the session, you should be able to:

• Know when someone is going to reach State Pension age
• Understand how someone claims their State Pension
• Know which welfare benefits might stop when someone reaches State Pension age
• Identify which welfare benefits could continue when someone reaches State Pension age
• Recognise which welfare benefits someone might be able to start getting when they reach State Pension age
• Know when to signpost to specialist advice.

This training is relevant to those supporting older people in England, Scotland and Wales.