Since the Coranvirus lockdown started, in fact long before then benefit cuts have always been an issue and a huge effect on the lives of the vuanble but over the last 12 yrs or so the concern has been huge, affecting Mental ill-health as much as the Coronavirus lockdown. This is where DWP tries to put the wool over vunable peoples' eyes and in many cases, it seems to work. When the last Tory government was in power. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pip-waiting-time-deaths-disabled-people-die-disability-benefits-personal-independence-payment-dwp-a8727296.html
I am very sorry for this negative subject but it looks as though the Coranvirus lockdown seems to be a reason for DWP wanting to cut or and stop vunable peoples' benefits. If face disabilities, mental health, and other problems or you support a vunable person or people on benefits, look out for possible concerns like DWP calling them out the blue to find they cannot go ahead with the assessment because the person is on their own at the time they call them, they may say they will send them an appointment a letter to give them chance to plan their support, they may not hear anything for ages, then phone them again to find the person is on their own again. If something like this happens more than once even twice or anything else like it or similar, if the person cannot do so themselves, support them to take action. Like for example if DWP writes to them saying that they have stopped their money. These situations can increase people's Mental health, struggle to eat, pay bills, etc, and possible risks of suicide, etc. https://www.unison.org.uk/about/what-we-do/fairness-equality/disabled-members/key-issues/disabled-people-and-cuts/ https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/rights-restrictions/money-benefits-and-employment/ https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/campaigns/benefits/
How to try and support people with disabilities, mental health, and other problems in a positive way.
Although most lockdown rules have eased, we are not completely out of the woods yet so not a lot of serves, etc are open yet, if they are, they are probley not open to the pub yet. Remember being supported online compared to face to face in some things may not others may be what most people have not managed themselves could be all different one another for the people you may support. Therefore, if they lucky to be online and some IT and internet skills they will just do things they know-how, like look on social media, check email.
Most people may be trying to keep themselves busy in things that they can manage to get through every day with the way things are at the moment and have been the last fourteen months nearly, which what I have found myself doing.
Search for things on google maybe. Creating an account for online courses, enrolling, etc maybe some people may be struggling with alone, mainly they are by their selves mostly.
This may vary from person to person what they can manage alone and what they can't, which means until the places are open where they used to go, most things they may do without if online support is not possible.
Just to say it's not the case in everything and everyone because most, most people can manage alone most so, then things they need support with, whereas others it's likely to be the other way round. I must say I have only been one online course myself all through looked down which was because I was lucky enough to be supported by an Employment service to be set up.
Also, if people need support while doing the course which I had but I heard not all courses do it this way. Where there is someone the person can email if they stuck or not understanding something etc, it may be a bit helpful if it is possible to make their work accessible online but you need to find out what's accessible for them. This may be, for example, easy read, pictures, large print, font size, style colored paper, and writing, etc.
Jobs online is a hard one because people may need support, but may it may be possible to get online and see how people manage that but how that is, could be different with different people. https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/careers-and-work-disabled-people https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/career-and-job-support-for-people-with-a-disability/
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