Money & Debt Adviser - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Wintercomfort for the Homeless

Wintercomfort for the Homeless
Wintercomfort for the Homeless
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Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Closing Date: 10th February 2023


Role Summary


As a member of Wintercomfort's Project Worker Team, reporting to the Services Manager, the Money & Debt Adviser is responsible for delivering Wintercomfort's specialist money/debt advice, advocacy and representation, empowering service users to move out of the spiral of homelessness and back into mainstream society.


Key Responsibilities

  • To provide telephone and face to face advice to service users who have debt issues to a high standard of advice and casework.
  • Give immediate practical advice to deal with any emergencies such as bailiffs or court action.
  • Negotiating by letter, telephone or in person, with all the creditors and other agencies that affect the service user requiring money advice, e.g., fuel companies, local authorities, government departments, consumer credit companies etc.
  • Advising service users how to maximise income and minimise expenditure, including advising on benefit entitlement.
  • Advise on procedures for review and appeal of benefit decisions as appropriate.
  • Support service users to create repayment plans and weekly budgets that are manageable and sustainable.
  • Prepare and deliver training to individuals and groups in relation to money management activities.
  • To keep up to date with all relevant legislation, case law, policy, and good practice.
  • To refer service users to other services within Wintercomfort and external organisations where appropriate.
  • To ensure that accurate records are kept documenting the support services provided to Wintercomfort's service users. Ensuring that record keeping meets the requirements of internal and external monitoring of outcomes, assisting with reports and case studies to funders.
  • Note this is not an exhaustive list, and you may be required to perform other reasonable duties as assigned by the Services Manager and/or CEO.

Person Specifications

Essential Experience

  • At least 3 years' experience of advising people facetoface on debt and welfare benefits issues
  • Experience of negotiating with third parties over the telephone
  • Good knowledge of the benefit system.
  • A good working knowledge of debt, law, policy and practice.
  • Experience of supporting vulnerable people with complex support needs to make positive changes in their lives.

Desirable Experience

  • Knowledge of local services for homeless and vulnerably housed people.
  • Dealing with people who experience mental health issues

Essential Skills

  • Effective IT skills including Word, Excel & Outlook
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong coordination and organisational skills.
  • A constructive, flexible and positive approach towards working with vulnerable, excluded people.

Desirable Skills

  • Willingness and ability to work flexible hours including weekends as and when needed.

Essential Qualifications

  • Level 2 qualification in money/debt advice
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Hours of work:18.75 per week


Length of appointment:
Permanent


Review period:3 months


Annual leave:12.5 days


Pension eligibility:
Yes


Screening Check Requirements


We have a legal responsibility to ensure that you have the right to work in the UK before you can start working for us.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK already, any offer of employment we make to you will be conditional upon you gaining it.

We will ask to see original paperwork confirming your right to work in the UK.

This role requires an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Any offer of employment we make to you will be conditional upon the satisfactory completion of this check; whether an outcome is satisfactory will be determined by Wintercomfort for the homeless.


General Information
Wintercomfort works with people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or with a history of homelessness.

We provide services to aid every stage of recovery - from immediate basic welfare needs to long term help in identifying and dealing with the problems which are undermining their stability, and enabling them to engage with education, employment and specialist health services.

National statistics rank the numbers of rough sleepers in Cambridge within the highest 20 UK local authorities.


What can Wintercomfort offer?
One of our core values at Wintercomfort is to recognise and reward our staff as our greatest asset.

We realise that it's our people who have helped us to become a well-respected charity that helps to make a positive change to homeless people's lives.

We want to continue to deliver excellent, relevant services for the homeless in Cambridge by attracting and retaining talented and motivated people.

If you choose to come and work with us, you will find that we offer:

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Benefits - You will be eligible for benefits and services, including pension scheme, death in service benefit and tax-efficient bicycle lease and childcare vouchers.
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