COURSE
How to manage your AtW budget safely
Do you manage your own AtW budget, are you responsible for monitoring the hours that have been allocated to you from the DWP? If the answer to these 2 questions is yes, then this course might be the one for you.
About this course
We are offering a 3 hour training course that will help you to create a straightforward Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet will enable you to input your yearly budget, it will allow you to input the hours you are invoiced for and a formula will then automatically deduct those costs.
This will enable you to see at a glance, what your budget is looking like. The course is designed to reduce the worry of overspending on your budget. The course will enable you at the end of each month, to see how your budget spend is going. It will help you when completing the AtW claim forms, especially if you are using more than one Language Support Provider (LSP) a month. You may be accessing BSl Interpreters, or Notetakers, or Lipspeakers and it can become difficult keeping an eye on your hours and budget. This course will help you in reducing these difficulties.
What is this 'How to manage your AtW budget safely' course cover?
This course covers several aspects including How to manage your AtW budget safely, it also includes:
- How to create a standard spreadsheet.
- How to create formulas to calculate budget spending.
- How to input data into specific fields.
- How to access and draw out data as and when required.
What outcomes can you expect from this course?
Completing this course will help you to:
- Have a better understanding of spreadsheets.
- Have a better understanding of how to input data.
- How to have control over your yearly AtW budget.
- How to avoid overspend before your budget runs out.
- Have a clear understanding how to analyse and extract data as and when required.
- Have the skills at your fingertips to enable you to adapt your spreadsheet to suit your needs and requirements.
Who is the course for?
This engaging course is designed specifically for employed and self-employed Deaf clients in the workplace, BSL Interpreters, Trainee Interpreters, Lipspeakers, Notetakers and Communication Support Workers (CSW), who are working with AtW clients and anyone who has control of an AtW grant and package.
Who will be delivering this course?
- Shaun Fitzgerald, CEO and Founder of Deaf Minds Education, TEDx speaker and IT expert.
Date & Time and Where
CPD Points
This course will be worth 3 CPD points for the day and certificates of attendance will be sent to participants after completion of this course. 15 persons max.
Cost
£45 including a copy of the PowerPoint presentation, and a Certificate of Attendance.
* Logging in at 9:30am for connectivity check, and a prompt start of 10AM, finishing at 1PM. (there will be comfort breaks throughout).
How to manage your AtW budget safely
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