Policy in Practice's Benefit and Budgeting Calculator
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Open up Benefit and Budgeting Calculator webinar presentation for a guided tour of the tool to give you everything you need to help people make decisions that are right for them. Maybe the Calculator is brand new to you or feel that you could benefit from a quick refresh? • 5 steps to get you started on building financial resilience • Functionality that enables you to help people move to Universal Credit • About how our upcoming features can improve frontline engagement
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- 1. Policy in Practice Benefit and Budgeting Calculator Training Wednesday 12 December 2018
- 2. Few things before we start….. • Audio check • Can you see my screen? • Ask questions using the box on the right hand side of your screen • Session should last around 45 minutes
- 4. We make the welfare system simple to understand, so that people can make the decisions that are right for them
- 5. Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Key Benefits of the Calculator 3. Questions (Part 1) 4. Scenarios & Universal Credit Calendar feature 5. Questions (Part 2) 6. Summary & resources
- 6. www.policyinpractice.co.uk Poll 1: What best describes your role?
- 7. Explain complex changes simply
- 8. Help people make decisions that are right for them
- 9. Calculator Features ✓ Alerts ✓ Expert Hovers ✓ Tooltips ✓ Print /Email/ View PDFs ✓ Save current case, load a saved case ✓ Questions box Help Chat – speak to policy and technical experts ✓ Comparison with current system and Universal Credit
- 10. Let’s Login! 1. Email from Policy in Practice 2. Click on Set your password link 3. Open a new tab and login at https://www.betteroffcalculator.co.uk/#/login 4. Enter your email address and password
- 11. Login Screen
- 13. Calculator Features ✓ Wage sliders – one way of showing change in earnings ✓ Scenarios – assessing a change of circumstances ✓ Action Plans – allows you to add actions ✓ Budgets – surplus and shortfall ✓ Universal Credit Calendar
- 14. www.policyinpractice.co.uk Poll 2: How do you think the Calculator will most help you do your job?
- 16. Before you go 1. Handout that you can download on the right-hand side: ‘5 Steps to Getting Started’ 1. Further support at http://policyinpractice.co.uk/help 1. Webinar recording will be available for you to replay and share 2. Next webinar: ‘Features to help with budgeting’, 13 February 2019 3. A short survey will appear after the webinar ends
Editor's Notes
- We believe that change happens on the frontline. Our mission is to reduce poverty. We do this through simplifying the delivery of the welfare system. Deven Ghelani was a member of the team at Centre for Social Justice who developed Universal Credit and, when the policy was adopted by government, he left to set up Policy in Practice. He was keen to ensure that the policy intent was actually put into practice. Since then, and together with the team he's built at Policy in Practice and 3 core Services that makes the welfare
- https://www.betteroffcalculator.co.uk/#/calculator/1394
- https://www.betteroffcalculator.co.uk/#/calculator/1394
- 1 handout – 5 steps to getting started you can download this Survey will appear after webinar ends, please complete
- Please play with the calc and get back to us with any questions/feedback