Prosper Canada : Supporting Access to Benefits workshop

Prosper Canada invites you to the upcoming workshop: Supporting Access to Benefits

This free 90-minute interactive workshop is designed to provide frontline practitioners with foundational knowledge and skills to support Canadians who are living on a low income to access benefits.

Participants will learn the importance of access to benefits, review key skills for benefits conversations, and practice using the Benefits Wayfinder tool in a simulated benefits conversation.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the importance of access to benefits for Canadians living on low income.
• Identify how they can support Canadians living on low income to access benefits they are entitled to.
• Use the Benefits Wayfinder in financial conversations using an effective strategy tailored to the individual they are working with.

To make a reasonable accommodation request or if you have questions about this session, please email training@prospercanada.org. Please allow at least 5-10 business days’ advance notice; last-minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to fulfill.