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As part of our shift to embed our advocacy services in the communities we serve, Lamp are recruiting an Advice and Outreach Officer to play a key role in the provision of our Community Mental Health Advocacy service.
A brand new role for the organisation the successful postholder will be responsible for providing our drop-in sessions and advocacy skills workshops across a variety of community spaces around Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
The successful post holder will be a confident public speaker and dynamic self-starter who is able to cultivate and develop relationships with both professionals and service users. You will work autonomously and must have excellent time-keeping skills and be comfortable managing a varied workload.
As an Advice and Outreach Officer you will work in tandem with our Advocates and Information and Advice Officer to raise awareness of our work, provide ad hoc advice and signposting, manage incoming referrals and deliver confidence and skills building workshops. Experience of delivering advocacy services is not essential but an understanding of the remit and impact of advocacy intervention is highly desirable.
As a mental health charity, we value the lived experiences of people with poor mental health and pride ourselves on providing an inclusive, authentic and accessible service. The successful post holder will be familiar with the social and systemic barriers faced by people living with poor mental health and must be able to offer compassion and empathy toward the people we support.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, disability or who have experienced social exclusion as we recognise the personal insight, resilience and tenacity such experiences can build.
Regular travel across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is required as part of the role.
The successful candidate will play a key part in the development of the Community Outreach service and the weekly hours for the role will grow in line with the success of the Advice and Outreach Officer’s work. The successful post holder will need to work flexibly from week to week with some regular commitments which may include evenings and weekends.
Job Purpose:
To provide advice, signposting and advocacy skills training to the people of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Develop relationships with community groups and spaces to deliver advocacy drop-in and skills workshops.
To act as a first point of contact for individuals approaching the service.
To provide support to the wider advocacy delivery team by managing incoming referrals.
Our mission is to navigate people through the complexities of mental health support & empower them to rebuild their lives.
SNG (Sovereign Network Group) is one of the largest housing associations in England. We provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across the South, West and East of England, including London, as well as creating thousands of new affordable homes every year.
What is a Customer Service Advisor at SNG?
Our Customer Service Advisors are at the heart of what we do. The team is the first point of contact for our 200,000 customers. They count on us when they need support, and you will handle and solve their questions.
We have a Permanent opportunity to join our team in our Greenham Office. This role will be based on-site, and is not a hybrid role
The Role:
This role is in our alarm response centre operating a blue light service for our customers 24/7. As our Out of Hours Customer Service Advisor, you'll answer all incoming customer questions, and when needed make outgoing calls to customers.
You'll help with Housing, Repairs, Complaints, and other matters as needed, following Call Quality guidelines and aiming for resolution. Because of the shift times and transport links to Greenham, a full UK driving licence and your own transport is essential.
After training, you may need to work alone on night shifts to cover holidays or staff absence; escalation support is available 24/7.
Shifts: Monday to Thursday 10pm till 7.15am - 37 hours per week
What we look for:
- People with great customer service skills who can listen well.
- Our calls can be complex and difficult so you need to be resilient.
- Good computer skills. You will use many systems while talking to our customers.
- The skill to turn problems into solutions.
- Empathy and a desire to help people.
- The ability to connect and talk with colleagues across the business.
- Many customers call about repairs, so knowing what can go wrong in a home is helpful.
- We need people who stay calm and confident when helping with emergency calls.
Team: Lifeline
Location: Hybrid with frequent travel in the Scotland region. Bases are Glasgow Cat Centre, Scotland Cat Centre, and Forth Valley Cat Centre
Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £28,454.94 per year
Contract: Permanent
Due to the nature of this role, this post is for women only and is exempt under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
This role requires a dislosure Scotland level 1 check
We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.
Will you join us and make life better for cats?
Responsibilities of our Lifeline/Domestic Abuse Caseworker:
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assessing referrals and admitting cats onto the service
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providing pet advice and support to our volunteer foster carers
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working with other stakeholders such as pet owners, domestic abuse support services, and internal Cats Protection employees or other agencies
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extensive communication via phone, email and in person, as well as daily admin and extensive driving
About the Lifeline team:
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Lifeline is a pet fostering service for anyone fleeing domestic abuse
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the majority of our referrals come from women fleeing domestic abuse via women-only services.
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the service places cats into volunteer foster homes on a temporary basis until their owners can be reunited with them.
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our team consists of a National Lifeline Manager, Lifeline Manager and Lifeline Caseworkers
What we’re looking for in our Lifeline/Domestic Abuse Caseworker:
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good all-round experience of performing administrative duties in a busy service
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previous experience supporting victims of domestic abuse in a support role
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a strong understanding of the problems experienced by families fleeing domestic abuse with pets
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a confident self-starter who has had experience of working with volunteers and home visiting
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a full, manual UK driving license and comfortable driving a van
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confident handling cats of different temperaments
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good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
What we can offer you:
- range of health benefits
- 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
- and much more, which you can learn about
Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Application closing date: 15 June 2026
Virtual interview date: 25 and 25 June 2026
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
If successful, your recruitment journey will include:
1. anonymised application form
2. virtual interview with roleplay exercise on Microsoft Teams
Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.
Please emailif you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.
Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats
Citizens Advice Torfaen is seeking to appoint a new Chief Executive to ensure we continue to thrive, grow, and develop the services we deliver locally and nationally. The Chief Executive will lead the management of the organisation; advise the Trustees on the strategic direction of the organisation, implement Board decisions and promote our values, aims and objectives in everything they do. Reporting directly to the Chair of the Board of Trustees, the post will play a critical role in the overall leadership and management of Citizens Advice Torfaen and will be vital in securing the future success of the organisation.
We are a charity that improves people’s lives by giving free, independent, confidential, impartial advice whilst campaigning for change across Torfaen
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role:
For someone trying to move forward after contact with the criminal justice system, safe housing can be the turning point that changes everything. As a Housing Advice Worker, you’ll be part of Single Homeless Project (SHP’s) Pan London Housing Advice and Interventions Service, delivered in partnership with St Mungo’s and the Ministry of Justice, helping people on probation find clearer, safer routes away from homelessness and housing crisis.
Based in Brent, with work connecting into designated London boroughs, you’ll work closely with Probation Services to support clients to sustain their current accommodation or secure new housing where needed. Day to day, you’ll hold a caseload, complete strengths-based assessments, explore housing, financial, employment and wider support needs, and build practical plans that turn pressure and uncertainty into clear next steps. You’ll also identify risks and safeguarding concerns, keep accurate case records, liaise with housing providers and specialist agencies, and work alongside partners such as probation and police to help people access accommodation and opportunities that are safe, realistic and sustainable.
This is a Monday to Friday role in a friendly, supportive and high-performing team that is serious about the difference good housing advice can make. At SHP, you’ll be supported to grow your knowledge of housing, homelessness and criminal justice practice, build confidence in multi-agency working, and develop your career in a values-led organisation where your work has real purpose every day.
About you:
- You understand that housing advice can be life-changing, and bring either experience in supported housing, floating support or a relevant qualification, alongside a working knowledge of housing legislation.
- You can hold your nerve when situations are complicated, emotionally charged or fast-moving, keeping people’s safety, choices and next steps at the centre.
- You know how to get things moving through strong partnership work, building the kind of relationships with agencies, services and professionals that open doors for clients.
- You care about delivering a service that feels human, purposeful and high-quality, where people are informed, respected and supported to take more control of their future.
- You’re organised, self-motivated and ready to manage a varied caseload, balancing competing priorities without losing sight of the person behind each case.
About us:
We’re London’s leading homelessness charity – and we get things done.
In a city where hundreds are forced into homelessness every day, our work has never been more needed or more challenging. And we’re not shying away. We’re rolling up our sleeves to make change and helping over 10,000 Londoners every year. We prevent homelessness, provide safe places to live and give people the opportunity to rebuild their lives and transform their futures. And we never give up.
We’re here for Londoners wherever they are on their journey. We start with trust, building relationships that help people feel safe, supported, and ready to move forward. Every day, we put people first in everything we do, challenging injustice and barriers that keep people from the safety, stability and opportunity they deserve. We stand alongside people as they rebuild and shape a future that feels their own.
Joining Single Homeless Project means joining a team that’s bold, compassionate and determined to do better for the people we support and for each other. You’ll work alongside colleagues with lived experience, in a space that’s trans-inclusive, disability-friendly, and actively striving to be anti-oppressive and equitable.
We’re not perfect, but we’re real. We listen. We learn. And we push forward, together. Because this isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to lead with empathy, spark change, and help build a London where no one is left behind.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 14th June at midnight
Interview date: Tuesday 23rd June online via Microsoft Teams
Please note shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a short psychometric test before being confirmed for interview.
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check and probation vetting to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.
Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted or progressed.
Preventing homelessness, transforming lives.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking to recruit a Senior Welfare Rights and Housing Advisor to join Camden Disability Action’s Advice Service.
You will have at least two years’ experience providing specialist-level welfare rights advice and experience of providing housing casework. The role involves identifying opportunities for income maximisation, supporting clients to ensure benefits are correctly assessed, and assisting with mandatory reconsiderations and appeals. You will also support Disabled people with housing-related issues, including homelessness prevention and access to suitable accommodation.
You will work holistically, managing complex cases and advocating for clients across statutory services, specialist advice agencies, and community organisations. The role provides social welfare rights advice, advocacy, and casework support within CDA’s remit and does not involve the provision of regulated legal services.
You will be committed to developing your understanding of the Social Model of Disability and share our vision for a radically inclusive world where people are not disabled by the society in which they live.
We are looking for someone who is committed to supporting our clients on the front line with equal passion to use themes and patterns from casework to affect wider systems change.
The role is hybrid, with a minimum of two days per week based at our office in Kentish Town (NW5 1LB).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Your role
You will provide an advice, information and support services to families using hospital services at the Great Northern Children’s Hospital.
What we’re looking for
- Experience of working with and supporting families who have disabled children.
- Good organisational and administrative skills.
- Knowledge and experience of the issues and concerns that affect families who have disabled children e.g. benefits, social care, and education.
- Knowledge and experience of welfare benefits, especially DLA/PIP and other benefits targeted at families with disabled children.
- Good communication, listening skills, time management and networking skills.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Age UK Kensington and Chelsea’s Information and Advice (I&A) service provides rights-based information, advice and advocacy on Welfare Benefits, Social Care and Housing options as well as practical assistance to enable older people access their entitlements.
Join a vibrant, values‑driven local charity making a real difference to older people across Kensington and Chelsea. As a Senior Information & Advice Caseworker, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our rights‑based advice service is the best it can be — supporting advisers, shaping quality, and helping older people access the benefits, care and housing options they deserve.
If you’re motivated by impact, collaboration and championing dignity and independence, we’d love to hear from you!
We believe that ageing should be about living well — staying connected, independent, and fulfilled at every stage of life.


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YMCA DownsLink Group (YMCA DLG) is the leading charity supporting children and young people across Sussex and Surrey through safe homes, mental health support and trusted advice. Following a significant period of organisational stabilisation and transformation, we are now entering an ambitious new phase focused on growth, influence and deepening our impact.
We are seeking an experienced and values-led Director of Mental Health and Advice to join our Executive Team and lead our counselling and specialist support and advice services for children and young people. This is a strategically important leadership role with responsibility for community and schools counselling, specialist youth advice and sexual exploitation services, safeguarding, service quality and contract growth across a complex and evolving operational landscape.
You will bring visible leadership across services, strengthen partnerships with commissioners and local authorities, and help shape the future of mental health and advice support for children and young people across the region. Alongside this, you will help lead the organisation as a whole, contributing to long-term sustainability, growth and strategic direction.
This appointment forms part of a wider strengthening of YMCA DLG’s Executive Team, alongside the recruitment of a second Director role, as the organisation enters its next phase of growth and impact. This is an opportunity to join an ambitious organisation at a pivotal moment and help shape what comes next.
Peridot Partners are supporting us with the recruitment of this role. When you click 'Redirect to Recruiter' you will be redirected to the full job advert and how to apply on the Peridot Partners website.
Closing date: 9 am Tuesday 30th June
Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Toynbee Hall
Based in the East End of London since 1884, Toynbee Hall is a charity working alongside people facing poverty, injustice, and inequality to build a fairer East London. We provide vital advice and support, working in partnership to tackle unfairness and ensure everyone has an equal chance to thrive.
We have recently launched a new strategic plan which reinforces that our purpose is to build a fairer future with an end to poverty, injustice and inequality.
We work towards this by:
• Addressing poverty and injustice through advice and support and influencing systemic change.
• Shifting power to people and communities affected by injustice and inequality.
• Collaborating to end poverty and build fairer systems and institutions. What we want to see in the world starts with our community and our organisation.
This means:
• Working together to build a thriving local community where people have the resources they need, feel their voices are heard and are optimistic about the future.
• Being a good employer, where people are treated fairly, feel engaged and empowered, and work together to achieve our shared vision.
• Acknowledging the role Toynbee Hall has historically played in civic society while recognising that our role now is to shift power, to be an effective partner, and to amplify voices that are less likely to be heard.
What we learn from our work in east London we use to inform and influence wider policy – working to influence change in structures, systems and policies.
Department background
The Debt Advice Team at Toynbee Hall provides crucial support to individuals and families struggling with financial burdens. Funded by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), this team delivers expert guidance and practical solutions to help clients manage and reduce their debt.
Scope of Role
The Traineeship will last for 12 months. This role involves gaining practical experience by observing and participating in interviews to understand clients’ financial problems, researching options, and helping clients make informed decisions. The role includes structured classroom-based learning, supervised practice, and mandatory secondments across partner advice agencies in London.
Key Responsibilities
1. Accurate, Effective, and Individually Tailored Advice
Work under supervision to observe and learn how to provide effective debt advice, including interviewing clients, researching options, and empowering clients to make informed decisions.
2. Detailed Case Records
Assist in maintaining detailed case records, ensuring all work meets auditing and quality standards, and meets funder requirements.
3. Training and Development
Complete a structured training programme within the six-month period, covering technical debt advice, client management, and financial regulations. During the initial training period, trainees will be expected to attend intensive classroom-based training and supervised learning activities four to five days per week. Additional training will be based on shadowing, on-site learning, tests, external training courses, etc.
4. Teamwork
Be an active member of the team, identifying opportunities for your development and contributing to collective goals.
5. Travel
Travel across London is required, including attendance at partner organisations, advice sites, and mandatory secondment placements across London boroughs.
Following the initial training period, the role will require a minimum of four days per week working from Toynbee Hall or partner office locations. One additional working day from home may be agreed where there is a suitable home-working environment and this aligns with operational requirements.
6. Other
Undertake additional tasks as delegated by Management.
Person Specification
1. Experience and Skills
- Willingness to work towards obtaining an accredited qualification in debt advice.
- Basic IT and telephone skills, and ability to use an online-based Client Management System (CMS) to deliver advice across multiple channels and maintain case records.
- Ability to give and receive feedback objectively and sensitively.
- Ability to work as part of a team and be open to receiving feedback and learning from others.
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with all staff members.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Competence in handling sensitive information with discretion and maintaining confidentiality.
- Ability to handle and support vulnerable clients with empathy and sensitivity, ensuring their needs are appropriately addressed.
2. Personal Attributes
- High level of professionalism and integrity.
- Ability to work independently and proactively without supervision.
- Capacity to remain calm and effective under pressure, adopting a “find a solution, no blame” attitude.
- Open-minded, inclusive, and collaborative approach, seeking fresh and alternative perspectives.
- Commitment to empowering others by sharing knowledge and enabling action.
- Strong alignment with Toynbee Hall’s mission, strategy, and values.
- Willingness to participate in training and develop further understanding in areas such as safeguarding.
- Willingness to work from our advice locations to shadow experienced advisors in both face-to-face and call centre settings.
Desirable Criteria
- Previous experience of giving advice (not necessarily debt advice).
- Ability to speak more than one language.
Our Benefits
Annual Leave
- 25 days of annual leave, plus 3 additional days for our Christmas shutdown (on top of bank holidays)
- After 2 years: +3 extra days of leave.
- After 3 years: +1 additional day.
- After 5 years: A total of 30 days annual leave, plus the 3-day Christmas shutdown.
Pension
- Standard Life Pension Scheme – Employer contribution: 4%, Employee contribution: 5%
Additional Perks & Support
- Enhanced Sick Pay for peace of mind during illness
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to support growing families
- Employee Eyecare Vouchers to support your vision health
- Employee Assistance Programme for free, confidential advice and support
- Mental Health First Aid to ensure workplace well-being
- Tenancy Deposit Scheme to help secure your home
- Interest-Free Season Ticket Loan for cost-effective commuting
- Cycle to Work Scheme to promote a healthier, greener way to travel
- Charity Mentoring Network to support professional development and networking
- Westfield Health Cash Plan to cover your healthcare needs specified in the Policy
- Perk Box
- Life Insurance
Since 1884 Toynbee Hall is a charity working alongside people facing poverty, injustice and inequality to build a fairer East London
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Details
- Salary: £36,565 FTE (£29,252 pro rata)
- Location: Brent, Northwest London
- Working Pattern: 32 hours across 4 days (Monday–Thursday)
- Working arrangements: Hybrid (2 days per week on site)
- Contract: Fixed term to 20th April 2027
About the Organisation
This is a frontline charity tackling poverty and food insecurity and supporting people to move from crisis towards longer-term stability. The organisation’s advice offer is a key part of that support, delivering timely, high-quality guidance to people navigating complex challenges.
About the Role
As Interim Advice Manager, you’ll manage an advice service across multiple sites, leading staff and volunteers who deliver advice on benefits, housing, debt and immigration. You’ll combine hands-on delivery (including a small caseload) with oversight of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with senior colleagues, including the Head of Advice, to help implement new initiatives and strengthen the service’s impact
Key Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day delivery of the advice service, including setting objectives, managing performance, and providing supervision and feedback to staff and volunteers
- Hold a small caseload to stay connected to frontline delivery and community needs
- Maintain high-quality, compliant advice provision, ensuring delivery aligns with funder expectations and internal standards
- Use case management systems to report on cases and outcomes, supporting funding needs and future applications
- Drive service development, reviewing procedures, improving systems, and supporting expansion aligned to organisational strategy
- Undertake quality assurance activity (including case checking and advice audits) and keep colleagues informed of relevant policy/legislation changes
- Support effective volunteer management, including induction, support, supervision and retention activity
- Contribute to budgets, monitoring, evaluation, stakeholder feedback, and action planning to strengthen service effectiveness
- Work within the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) framework, ensuring policies and procedures remain current and audit-ready
Skills / Experience Required
- At least 3 years’ experience in welfare advice or casework within the charity sector
- Strong people management experience (including supporting and developing staff/volunteers)
- Strong project/service improvement experience, with confidence managing competing priorities
- Knowledge across welfare benefits, housing, debt and/or immigration, plus safeguarding understanding
- Confidence using case management systems and using data to inform reporting and improvements
- Experience of the Advice Quality Standard, work with refugees and asylum seekers, and/or community language skills (e.g., Arabic, Farsi, Somali) – desirable
To Apply
- If you’re ready to inspire others and be part of a team dedicated to saving lives, we’d love to see your CV!
Interview Process
- Stage 1: informal screening call (fit, motivation, and values alignment)
- Stage 2: formal in-person interview
Deadline for Applications
- Monday 1st June 2026, 9am
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
Citizens Advice Hounslow is a well-established charity serving the London Borough of Hounslow. We work to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people who come to us for support. Our high-quality, agile advice service responds to the issues and needs of our community, always putting people first. Thanks to our dedicated team of staff and volunteers, we support over 16,000 clients each year through our face-to-face, telephone and digital services.
We are looking for an experienced Debt Caseworker to join our team and help meet the growing demand for debt and income‑maximisation advice within our service. In this role, you will guide and empower clients to understand their options, while also taking direct action on behalf of those who are particularly vulnerable. This includes negotiating with creditors to prevent escalation and protect clients from further financial harm.
You will assess each client’s situation in depth, identifying the most appropriate strategies to resolve their debt issues while exploring every opportunity to maximise income. Through practical support and casework, you will take the necessary steps to halt creditor action, prepare accurate financial statements, make repayment offers, and apply strategies to reduce, write off and manage debt effectively. Alongside this, you will provide budgeting guidance to help clients regain control of their finances and build long‑term stability. Your ability to work confidently with third parties—including local authorities, bailiffs, landlords and lenders—will be essential in preventing enforcement action and resolving arrears.
We will offer the right candidate a generous salary with other benefits such as annual season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, generous annual leave and the opportunity to develop professionally. You will be part of a warm and friendly work culture where opinions are valued.
For more information about the role please download the Job Description and Person Specification from our website via the Apply button.
Please note: We are unable to respond to applicants who have not been shortlisted.
We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, pension contribution, and training and opportunities to continue your professional development.
We consider applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.
Citizens Advice Hounslow is a well‑established charity serving the London Borough of Hounslow. We work to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people who come to us for support. Our high‑quality, agile advice service responds to the issues and needs of our community, always putting people first. Thanks to our dedicated team of staff and volunteers, we support over 16,000 clients each year through our face‑to‑face, telephone and digital services.
We are now seeking an experienced, full‑time Welfare Benefits Caseworker to support vulnerable residents in building financial resilience. The role focuses on welfare benefits issues, income maximisation and challenging decisions, delivered through practical, hands‑on, in‑person support. The successful candidate must be able to work independently, operating from our offices as well as from various locations across the borough to ensure accessible, community‑based support.
We will offer the right candidate a generous salary with other benefits such as annual season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, generous annual leave, and the opportunity to develop professionally. You will be part of a warm and friendly work culture where opinions are valued.
For more information about the role please download the Job Description and Person Specification from our website via the Apply button.
Please note:We are unable to respond to applicants who have not been shortlisted.
We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, pension contribution, and training and opportunities to continue your professional development.
We consider applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.
We are currently looking to recruit an Advice Session Supervisor. Experience in this role would be beneficial, but we will accept a Trainee Post for the right candidate.
Working at Citizens Advice Hertsmere offers many rewarding benefits, both personally and professionally. It provides the opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives by helping individuals navigate challenges such as debt, housing, employment, and legal issues. This work can be highly fulfilling, as you directly support members of your community during difficult times. It also helps develop valuable skills, including communication, problem-solving, empathy, and teamwork, which are useful in many career paths. Additionally, Citizens Advice Hertsmere provides training and ongoing support, creating a positive and inclusive environment where staff and volunteers can grow in confidence and knowledge. Overall, this is a meaningful role that combines community impact with personal development.
Job Description: Advice Session Supervisor
Location: Hertsmere including Bushey and Potters Bar
Role Purpose
To supervise the delivery of high-quality advice services across multiple channels (face-to-face, telephone, email, webchat), ensuring that clients receive accurate, timely, and empathetic support. The Advice Session Supervisor will lead and support a team of advisers and volunteers, uphold Citizens Advice standards, and contribute to service development and quality assurance.
Key Responsibilities
Session Supervision
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Oversee daily advice sessions, ensuring smooth operation and effective client service.
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Provide real-time support and guidance to advisers and volunteers.
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Manage session logistics including rota coordination and resource allocation.
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Assisting with call back and responding to email enquiries
Quality Assurance
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Conduct case checks and file reviews in line with Citizens Advice quality standards.
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Identify and address advice quality issues and training needs.
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Support continuous improvement through feedback and coaching.
Staff and Volunteer Support
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Assist in the induction, training, and development of new and existing volunteers and staff.
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Provide mentoring and technical support to ensure competence and confidence.
Service Monitoring and Reporting
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Monitor service delivery against KPIs and targets.
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Support the Advice Services Manager in identifying trends and service gaps.
Research and Campaigns
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Encourage and support the collection of evidence for social policy work.
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Promote awareness of local and national campaigns.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
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Proven experience supervising advice sessions or delivering generalist/specialist advice.
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Strong working knowledge of key advice areas (e.g., welfare benefits, housing, debt).
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Ability to meet Citizens Advice competence requirements.
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Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.
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Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Desirable Criteria
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Experience working within the Citizens Advice network.
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Familiarity with Citizens Advice case management and quality assurance systems.
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Ability to adapt to changing service needs and work flexibly.
Working Conditions and Benefits
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Competitive Salary
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6 weeks annual leave
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Workplace Pension
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Contractual Sick Pay
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Free Parking
This post is advertised as an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advice Session Supervisor (ASS) to consolidate their skills and experience or as a development opportunity for an advisor to train to become an ASS within six months of starting in post. If applying as a trainee the starting salary will be on NJC Scale 6 – £35,689 for the first six months whilst undertaking the training.
The post holder will be required to work across all of our offices and outreaches in Southwark according to operational needs.
The role includes:
- Providing advice to the public and undertaking casework on social welfare law issues
- Supervising advice and gateway assessment sessions
- Supporting and supervising staff and volunteers
To be successful you will need:
- Recent experience of giving advice to the public. This should include having undertaken advice casework.
- Experience of undertaking the role of Advice Session Supervisor or to demonstrate the ability to undertake this role with training provided within 6 months of starting
- To understand, empathise with and be committed to the Service’s aims, principles and equal opportunities policies
Closing Date: 9.00 am Monday 8 June 2026
Interviews: Wednesday June 2026