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Financial Inclusion Specialist

1 month ago

Remote, United Kingdom Onward Homes Full time

Financial Inclusion Specialist

**Full Time Salary**
- £31,150

**Employment Type**
- Full time

**Hours Per Week**
- 35

**Region**
- Merseyside

**Location**
- Home Based

**Contract Type**
- Permanent

**Job Type**
- Support Services

**Closing Date**
- 19/03/2023

**Ref No**
- 1817
- We offer a competitive salary of £31,150 (£17.12 per hour) - Pay to increase to £32,863.25 from April 2023 (£18.06 per hour)
- 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
- Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
- Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%)
- A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
- Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family.
Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
- Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme
- Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
- Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.

**About the role**

We are looking for a **Financial Inclusion Specialist - on a permanent basis** to join our Income & Financial Inclusion team. This role is a home-based role, supporting customers across the Merseyside area. There is no daily requirement to attend an office with the flexibility to attend as required.

The purpose of the role is to provide Financial Inclusion and welfare advice to customers to help to maximise their income.
- You will work alongside external partner organisations to ensure that customers have access to all available support and advice to bring about financially sustainable tenancies.
- Be the organisation and customer contact with DWP, supporting customers through their Universal Credit claim.
- You will work closely with our neighbourhood team to ensure that local income, poverty, and deprivation issues are addressed.

**What we require?**
- Knowledge and awareness of housing regulations and law, (preferably with CIH qualifications) and of welfare benefits and Universal Credit.
- It is desirable that you have experience of working in a financial inclusion role previously with a good understanding of the current welfare programme or working in roles such as a work coach, financial wellbeing coach or welfare advisor.
- Experience in developing partnerships working with support agencies, local authorities, and community groups.
- An understanding of the County Court rules and procedures and government legislation for dealing with debt.
- You should also have a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.

**About Onward**

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

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