Adviser / Trainee Adviser - Scunthorpe, United Kingdom - Citizens Advice North Lincolnshire

    Citizens Advice North Lincolnshire
    Citizens Advice North Lincolnshire Scunthorpe, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Role Profile

    This is an opportunity for you to join an established charity that has an excellent reputation locally as a trusted partner and as a great place to work. You'll be a part of a small, but committed team with big ambitions that works cohesively and effectively together to get things done. You will provide generalist level advice and casework focused on welfare benefits, housing and energy as well as offering non-monetary debt advice about priority debts and budgeting.

    You'll help people to understand their rights and responsibilities by exploring their problems in depth. You'll proactively encourage clients to take responsibility for completing actions to resolve problems themselves. Taking responsibility for cases and advocating on behalf of clients where appropriate.

    You'll work closely with our key partners across North Lincolnshire within the statutory and voluntary and community sectors and ensure clients receive a good quality and holistic service that supports individuals to remove the financial and psychological barriers to achieving positive outcomes and build resilience for the future.

    This role is offered both on a trainee and a qualified basis. For the trainee position we're not necessarily looking for someone who has previous experience working within the advice sector, as long as you're empathetic and able to provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way we can provide full training.

    You'll really be able to make the role your own. You'll be a part of a small, but committed team with big ambitions that works cohesively and effectively together to get things done. You'll be an important and valued member of the team and, with the support of Citizens Advice North Lincolnshire, will be responsible for ensuring people focused outcomes are met in a pressurised environment.

    What we offer our staff

    We provide an employee assistance scheme managed by LifeWorks. Benefits include:

    • 24/ telephone helpline
    • LifeWorks online support website
    • LifeWorks app
    • 6 sessions of face to face counselling per issue – unlimited issues per annum
    • Employee legal helpline
    • Consulting services – financial, debt advice, housing, relocation, parenting, eldercare, work performance, health and wellness advice and much more
    • Childcare and eldercare matching service
    • Savings on everyday purchases and life events
    • Access for family members and dependants – excluding counselling and legal advice

      Annual leave: Annual leave is 25 days from 1st January to 31st December, plus 8 bank holidays. We offer additional long service leave of 5 days after 4 years of employment