Direct Payment
– Informed Choice


A nationally released programme illustrating the Government's Payment Modernisation programme for customers receiving their benefits, pensions and allowances by direct payment .

The video brings to life the variety of different account options staff may explore with each customer. This presenter led dramatised video illustrates the vital differences between a current account, a basic bank account and the Post Office® card account.

  Dealing with Aggression – in an office

Two scenes from a series of clips based on real life situations with the video forming an integral part of a national training course for staff in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The videos which are always trainer facilitated, illustrate realistic aggressive situations enabling staff to develop strategies for dealing with such potentially explosive behaviour. A scene featuring a young couple demanding their giro payment in advanced of their pay day entitlement.
  Dealing with Aggression – in the home

Scene showing a home visit to a mentally unbalanced man. Used in the training environment to explore how staff might deal with the unexpected and the procedures they can follow to avoid such situations in the first place.