Can disabled people claim universal credit? And what is universal credit exactly?

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Hi, name changed for this as it’s a bit personal. DD has been awarded PIP. When we were trying to find out which other benefits she’d be entitled to, Universal Credit came up, however during the application it mentions you’ll have be appointed an ‘advisor’ and will need to agree to certain things with them as a condition of being awarded the universal credit. We’re not sure what this means, job searching maybe? There’s no way dd will be able to work at the moment (learning difficulties, very poor mental health and neurodiverse) so if she needs to do job searches as a condition of having UC we won’t apply. I’d also like to know if there’s an interview for UC like there is with PIP as dd found it really traumatic and would probably rather have no money than go through that again.
I did try Google for the answer but couldn’t find anything, just that people on pip were entitled to UC but not exactly what these ‘conditions’ are or what the appointed advisor’s role would be.
Thank you in advance 💐

Universal credit is for anyone on a low enough income. They will probably do a phone interview or it will be in person but nothing like the assessment for PIP. If she has medical confirmation that she can't work she won't be expected to.

She would have a commitment meeting first as that is the crux of the claim but this is tailored to her abilities. She would then need a fit note if unable to work and will have work focused interviews every couple of weeks initially until a work capability assessment is done. This does not mean she needs to seek work but will discuss what she is able to do, maybe a course or maybe nothing. Depending on the outcome of the work capability assessment, she may then have quarterly meetings or none.

Her health will be assessed and likely to be classed as “not capable for work or work related activities”. This means she will not be required to look for work or do training etc to prepare for the workplace. The criteria is different than that of PIP but having been awarded that will go in her favour

Yeah she’ll probably be put in the ‘support group’ and not be expected to do any work related activity.

Having a disability in itself won''t automatically put you in the support group.

OP - if you're receiving benefits for her, you may need to check whether you'll be worse off if she claims in her own right.

Yes, your daughter can claim UC on the grounds of having a disability.

You can become her apointee which means you are the one who manages her claim for her if she is not capable of doing it herself.

She would have to submit fit notes and have a health assessment to see if she would be eligible to have the work commitments turned off completely and an extra payment made for her disability.

You need more specialist advice, a group on FB called Universal Credit Survival is really good and you have the ability to post anonymously and people can give more detailed answers to your questions.