Trainee Debt Advisor

**PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS BASED IN OUR GLASGOW OFFICES**

Interview day date TBC

Whether you have worked in debt advice before or are looking for a new opportunity we can help you develop your skills and knowledge to join our debt help team. If you are confident with numbers, can deliver excellent customer service and are compassionate, but emotionally resilient then this is the perfect role for you.

Salary and Progression

Trainee Debt Advisor starting salary of £24,477.20 with the opportunity to progress to a Debt Advisor role with a salary of £26,664.75 usually within 12 months. Further progression is available to a Senior Debt Advisor with a salary of £28,957.27, usually after 2 years (based on meeting necessary performance and development criteria).

**Location**

**Glasgow office based i**nitially during training, with a hybrid working split between home and the office after completion of initial training. There is also the option to work entirely from the office if preferred. Initial training will include one week in our Bradford Head Office.

As a Trainee Debt Advisor you will complete a comprehensive programme of classroom training, online training, exams and on the job sign off to equip you to be able to bring expert advice and support our clients in their journey to becoming debt free.

Once you step into one team, you will be working in a fast paced, but rewarding environment. As a debt advisor you will be creating bespoke advice, crafted to help each client gain greater control over their finances. Whether it is negotiating with creditors, or reassuring a distressed caller, as a debt advisor you’ll be demonstrating the highest standard of service, demonstrating both expertise in knowledge but also genuine care for those we are working with.

What a debt advisor does:

- Build budgets to support clients in managing their finances
- Create tailored advice plans to give suitable options to become debt free
- Negotiate with creditors to create a sustainable payment plan and stop further debt collection
- Working with partner churches in running their local debt centres

**Responsibilities**:
**Accountabilities**:

- Complete the Debt Advisor classroom and online training course
- To advise clients on their best options to deal with their financial difficulties. This includes formulating a strategy to become debt free, as well as broader advice relevant to their financial situation
- Identify potential enforcement action against clients, negotiating with creditors to establish sustainable plans for repaying debts (or holding further enforcement action)
- Complete Phone training and achieve sign off for call handling
- Amend and update client budgets with changes to their circumstances and identify when a change of circumstance impacts a clients route option
- Pass sign off for advice creation
- To demonstrate patience and resilience whilst helping clients with multiple complex needs, ensuring that CAP continues to deliver the very best for the very least
- To proactively manage clients’ cases toward a debt free conclusion, completing workflow tasks as required and complying with CAP’s Debt Help Policy and Procedures at all times
- To liaise with and work alongside other Debt Operations departments
- To communicate with the CAP debt coaches regarding the status of their client’s cases
- **Measurable Outputs**:

- Achieve a Pass in the required exams to complete the Debt Advisor training course
- Achieve sign off within 12 months of starting the role

**Other responsibilities include**:

- Being willing to pray with staff and fully engaged with our Christ-centered culture.
- Encouraging friends, family and other contacts to support the charity through the Life Changer programme and other fundraising initiatives.
- Attending annual CAP staff conferences.
- Completing all compulsory CAP training within given timescales.

The above job profile is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment. It may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.

Christian Commitment:

- Must be able to actively participate in prayer and worship, whether individual, small group or corporately, as an expression of their own personal faith and in line with CAP’s Statement of Faith.

All adults working in or on behalf of CAP have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. This includes:

- A responsibility to ensure a safe environment in which CAP services can be delivered.
- Identifying children and adults where there may be safeguarding concerns.

Following the CAP Safeguarding policy in addressing any concerns appropriately.

**Skills required**:
What skills you need:

- Excellent communication, both verbal and written
- Able to quickly analyse complex situations to find the best solution
- Confident computer user, able to quickly gather and accurately record information
- A confident, quick learner with a capa