Trainee Debt Caseworker at North Tyneside Citizens Advice

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Type: Employment

Hours: Full time

Application deadline: Friday, November 8, 2024 - 00:00

Based: North Tyneside

Salary: £26,430 to 29,271 Per Annum

Salary Type: Salary Scale

Location: Tyne and Wear

Role description: Officer

Do you enjoy helping people?  Do you want to be part of a service that makes an impact on people’s lives?  We are a respected independent charity that supports thousands of clients every year.  We are a busy, client focused service with a track record of delivering high quality advice.  We are looking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic trainees or experienced Debt caseworkers to join our well-established SWAT team providing an England-wide telephone and digital debt advice service to clients struggling with debts.  The service is free to clients and offers a full range of support from information through advice and casework support.

Career development – Trainee Debt Caseworker   

This is an excellent chance to train to become a Debt Caseworkers, you will receive comprehensive training to develop a career in the advice sector, you will commit to undertake the Citizens Advice Adviser Learning Programme and Money Advice accredited debt learning programme within 6 months, gaining the skills, experience, and knowledge to progress into a specialist casework role.    

Salary: £26,430.07 (Trainee) per annum increasing to £29,271.93, after achieving required competences and accreditation within 6-12 months to become a Debt Caseworker.

Benefits

• Workplace pension scheme
• Up to 29 days paid holiday per year, dependant on length of service plus bank holidays.
• Paid birthday leave after one years’ service.
• Gives skills through full training.
• Opportunities for progression within our service
• Work that makes a positive impact
• Friendly supportive working environment

Day to Day

• Talk with clients over the telephone to explore their debt situation.
• Assessing and effectively diagnosing client’s debt, housing, and benefit issues.
• Provide information and advice to clients, enabling client to make informed decisions.
• Assessing clients on entitlement to welfare benefits using Quick Benefit Check (QBC).
• Giving clients budgeting and income maximisation advice.
• Provide full casework to a client where necessary, identifying the debt issue through to resolution.
• Maintaining a high level of case recording using Citizens Advice case management system.
• Maintain standards of service delivery and ensure that all advice work meets the appropriate standard required by external auditors MaPs, Citizens Advice Quality of Advice Audit, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Proactively managing a varied caseload, ensuring deadlines are met.

Requirements

• A commitment and understanding of the services aim, principles, and equal opportunities policies.

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work independently without close supervision and collaboratively as part of a team.

• At least 6 months experience of delivering excellent Customer service ideally over the telephone.   
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Exhibit excellent listening and questioning skills.  
• Good IT skills
• Experience of working to deadlines in a fast-paced environment

North Tyneside Citizens Advice are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce.  Applications are welcomed and encouraged from all individuals who believe they fit the essential requirements of the job by reference to the person specification and job description.

To apply download an application form from our website https://www.ntcab.org.uk/vacancies/

Send competed application to chair@ntcab.org.uk  Please note we do not accept CV’s.

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Hours: 37 hours Monday to Friday between 9am and 8pm on a rota basis* and the occasional Saturday*

Location: North Shields office

Closing date:  Friday, 08 November 2024 @ 5pm.

*Infrequent evening/Saturday mornings working on a rota-basis will be required.