Numeracy
- book or rebook appointments with clients
- compare specific situations to the guidelines
Example
- a welfare and compensation officer compares a client’s net income to guidelines to see if the client is eligible for financial help
- estimate amount of time needed for appointments with clients
Example
- consider clients’ needs and average length of time of previous appointments
- estimate amounts of time required for working with clients
Examples
- figure out the need of a program
- project the demand for services using statistics
- figure out expensesExample
- figure out the amount of money they should receive for using personal vehicles and purchasing program supplies
- manage petty cash accounts
- record petty cash amounts and compare purchase records with receipts
- complete summaries
- figure out amounts for new petty cash deposits
- figure out subsidies for individuals and households
- record petty cash amounts and compare purchase records with receipts
- determine a client’s rental costs for subsidized housing as thirty percent of his total income
- determine a client’s total medical costs to apply for health care subsidies
- create and track small budgets
- put together data and develop statistics to describe social programs
Example
- meals-on-wheels worker may count the number of meals delivered monthly and record them by type of meal and whom they served
- make household budgets and basic financial statements to help clients
- manage their personal finances
- apply for social benefits
Examples
- help a client to file income taxes
- help a client make a statement of income and expenses to apply for medical benefits
- analyze program data to plan new programs
Examples
- report feedback from a workshop
- analyze the results of the feedback to improve future workshops
