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• How to get social care services

  Find out about social care services, the council's assessment of needs in order to provide services and about paying for these services. Includes the options available for 'self-directed support'.

• Struggling to pay your bills

  Overview and content list for struggling to pay your bills. Get help if you're struggling with energy bills, and how to tell your supplier if you need support.

• Moving to Universal Credit if you've got a migration notice

  You’ll have to move to Universal Credit when you get a letter from the DWP - this is a 'migration notice'. Your existing benefit will stop. Claim Universal Credit to keep getting financial support.

• Young Carer Grant

  Find out about the Young Carer Grant - a payment for carers aged 16-19 who do at least 16 hours of caring a week on average but don't get Carer Support Payment.

• Student finance and funding in Scotland

  Get help with student finance and funding for college or university in Scotland, including SAAS, bursaries, tuition fees, student loans, EMA, postgraduate funding, extra support and how studying can affect benefits.

• Mental health

  Information about where to get help and what you can do if you think you have a mental health problem. Includes information about consent for treatment, advance statements and details of organisations that can help

• Extra money and help if you get Universal Credit

  Find out about extra money and help you can get because you receive Universal Credit. You can also check what other benefits and support you can apply for.

• Scottish benefit fraud

  Information about benefit fraud of Social Security Scotland benefits including Best Start Grant, Adult Disability Payment, Child Disability Payment, Young Carer's Grant, Funeral Support Payment, Scottish Child Payment and more.