Independent Living Advisor, North England Area

3 weeks ago

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom The Royal British Legion Full time

**The Role**

At the Royal British Legion, we believe in building on potential. As an Independent Living Advisor your ability to provide advice, support and advocacy for beneficiaries living with long term illness, continuing care or disabilities, or caring for someonewith these conditions, helping them to access statutory support could have a real impact on people's lives.

At its heart, RBL is a people organisation. People who want to do the very best for others, while at the same time making the most of the opportunities and experiences we offer them.

We are the country's largest Armed Forces charity, with 210,000 members, 50,000 volunteers and a network of partners and charities; helping us give support wherever and whenever it's needed.

As an Independent Living Advisor, you will be responsible for providing advice, support and advocacy for beneficiaries living with long term illness, continuing care or disabilities, or caring for someone with these conditions.

If successful, the main duties of your role will be:

- Conduct assessment of clients, using input from Occupational Therapists and other professionals as necessary, to establish their eligibility for health and social care services in their area.
- Providing a person-centred support service within a designated region to include home visits, outreach activities in local communities and home working as required.
- Support a diverse caseload of beneficiaries providing advice, guidance and support on matters relating to Direct Payments, Independent Living Fund, Personal Budgets, Individual Budgets, Disability Advocacy, Personal Health Budgets, Disabled Facilities Grants,Minor Adaptations funding and any other funding streams as appropriate.
- Identify, research and source the services that are required to achieve the desired outcomes and contribute to the maintenance of an up-to-date resource directory of service provision within the locality
- Liaise with Occupational Therapists, commercial providers, statutory agencies and other RBL services to ensure beneficiaries receive benefits, mobility aids and home or work adaptations, home care and home support services, as necessary.

**Please note this role is homebased with some requirements to travel across a geographical and wider area.**

**About the Royal British Legion - Careers in Advice and Welfare**

Across the country, in every city and on every street, the RBL is there to support our Armed Forces community.

Every day, everyone in our Advice and Welfare teams dedicate themselves to bettering the lives of those in this community.

Be it a conversation about financial support, physical and mental wellbeing, employment, housing, independent living or social support - working in these teams means the time you'd spend with those who need our help, and the advice you'd offer, could havea profound effect on their lives.

It's this mission, this scale, this challenge and the values we all live by, that makes the RBL such a fulfilling place to thrive.

We also want those who need our support to be able to get it when they need it, and from those best placed to give it. Which is why we've invested in multi-channel support services.

So, if you want to give your days meaning. To put your passion into a role with real impact. To support people and be supported yourself. In an inclusive team that faces every challenge together. Whatever your interests and ambitions, we think you'll finda role here that works for you, with career opportunities right across the UK.

**Diversity Statement**

We believe that the compassion, understanding and service we show each, and every individual customer should be reflected in the way we all support, respect and include every individual who works with us.

It's because of this that we have strived hard to create a One Legion culture that we can all feel part of and succeed in. It's why we make sure that you have the opportunities you need to learn and develop. It's why we're invested in making RBL a trulyinclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves. It's why you're welcome, whoever you might be.

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