Prosper Canada : Supporting with Access to Benefits Webinar

Prosper Canada invites you to the upcoming webinar: Supporting with Access to Benefits

This free 90-minute webinar 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 webinar, 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 (a free online tool that simplifies the search for government benefits) in conversations using an effective strategy tailored to the individual they are working with.

Participants will receive the following resources as part of the training:

• A copy of the PowerPoint slide deck used in the workshop
• A copy of the Benefits Wayfinder support guide
• A recording of the webinar

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.