Online Workshop
OW Directives and SAMS Training
Disposition of Assets: Impact on Eligibility
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About this Online Workshop
In this workshop, participants will focus on asset limits, conversion or liquidation of assets, and will:
- Look at the difference between squandered assets and inadequate consideration of assets to qualify for OW assistance
- Examine excess asset amounts and period of ineligibility
- Look at why eligibility can review normally the last 12 months from application but also the last 36 months by exception
- Assess selling or converting an asset below asset limits and above asset limits
- Understand exempt assets
- Understand Second Properties
- Learn the difference between personal property possessions versus objects with an asset value bargained and sold in trade
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 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
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.