Online Workshop
OW Directives and SAMS Training: Compensation Settlements: Assignment of Benefits and Shelter Maximums
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About this Online Workshop
In this workshop, participants will focus on a case study that discusses a motor vehicle accident and settlement for economic and non-economic financial losses. In this case study, the family also exceeds shelter allowance maximums due to heat costs. Participants will:
- Examine directives related to settlement agreements and other awards
- Look at assignment of income
- Assess Exempt income and asset sources
- Examine case where heat costs exceed shelter maximums and the impact of high heat costs on an OW budget through SAMS utility and expense and the importance of accurate costs
- Look at a procured wood chart for persons that heat with this type of energy
- Understand the role of Stability Supports and the impact on employability
NOTE: This is an interactive, virtual workshop, which is different from a webinar. Participants will be expected to participate through voice and video, and to engage with each other and the facilitators in large and small group discussions, to learn from each other and practice skill development.
Who Should Attend?
Any Ontario Works front-line and management staff
Staff whose role requires knowledge of OW directives
Format and Duration
Two, three-hour online workshops over back-to-back days.
Workshop Dates and Registration
All sessions in Eastern Standard Time.
There are currently no upcoming dates scheduled for this workshop. If you would like to enquire about bringing this virtual workshop to your organization or staff, please email education@omssa.com.
Pricing
Members: $395 + HST
Non-Members: $515 + HST
Non-Member Education Level 1/2: $410 + HST
Technical Requirements
OMSSA will be hosting this virtual workshop using Zoom, an online, interactive platform that you can join straight from your web browser, or by downloading 'Zoom Client for Meetings' on your computer or tablet.
Participants will be expected to join the workshop via both video and audio. Participants should therefore have access to a desktop computer, laptop computer or tablet with:
a webcam or built-in camera
a built-in microphone or a headphone jack where you can plug in a headset or earphones
We strongly recommend that participants use a headset or earphones with a built-in microphone in order to limit background noise.
System requirements: Click here for more detailed information on system requirements from Zoom.
IMPORTANT!
Participants must be able to access the SA Extranet site during this training in order to navigate Directives, Legislation and Clearinghouse.
About the Facilitator
Kirby Steinhoff has been in the employment and social services field for over 10 years, starting as a frontline crisis counsellor in a domestic violence shelter transitioning to Ontario Works case management with Norfolk County and is currently employed with Halton Region as an Integrated Case Manager. Kirby has worked as a trainer and policy developer within Halton Region and is considered a subject matter expert and has trained both front-line and supervisory staff on various SAMS modules and directives, while with Halton Region.
Kirby has completed an Undergraduate degree from Western University in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, a diploma in Human Resources from Fanshawe College and Master of Arts in Labour Studies from McMaster University with research focused on social policy, inclusion and contemporary work.