Specialist Caseworker

**Position**: Specialist Caseworker

**Location**: London Borough of Barnet

**Closing date**: 31 August 2023

**Role details**:
Job title:
Specialist Caseworker

**Location**:
London Borough of Barnet

**Salary**:
£34,000 - £35,000 per annum

Salary pro rata:
No

London allowance:
No

Hours per week:
36

End date of contract:
11.12.2024

31.08.2023

Closing time:
16:00

Citizens Advice Barnet, part of the national Citizens Advice network, is a thriving local advice organisation that provides information, advice and casework support to over 8,000 local people per year. We are participating in a Greater London Authority (GLA) funded project with the London Citizens Advice network to deliver crisis prevention support.

You will have:

- Comprehensive knowledge of welfare benefits and debt enquiry areas
- Sufficient knowledge of housing, employment, consumer, immigration, and family advice issues
- Ability to manage a caseload and assess the merits in client’s cases as well as identifying and pursuing solutions

**Benefits**:

- The opportunity to work for an independent charity specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems
- Competitive salary
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous continual professional development allowance
- Generous 36 days annual leave (pro rata for part time staff) - this includes 25 days + bank holidays + 3 days between Christmas and New Year
- A challenging and varied role
- A supportive team

All local Citizens Advice produce their own annual report, but you can find out more about the Citizens Advice network or download the latest national Citizens Advice annual report.