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Trainee Volunteer Generalist Adviser

Citizens Advice Mid-Mercia

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Do you have a passion for volunteering in the heart of your local community and are driven by making a difference? Then Citizens Advice Mid Mercia is the organisation for you.

Our free and independent advice helps people solve problems in a confidential and impartial manner. Whatever the problem, we won’t turn people away. We make a difference. Our trusted brand and the quality of our research mean we make a real impact on behalf of the people who rely on us.

We are looking for trainee volunteer generalist advisers to join our advice team to support people across Tamworth. You will be trained to give advice to clients across channels including face-to-face and telephone.

Some examples of what you could do:
- help client with debts: work out a reasonable amount to pay back, and make a phone call to an organisation they owe money to.
- explore what benefits a client is entitled to and help them to complete a benefit application form.
- help a client who has problems with their landlord to understand their housing rights.

Advice, Information & Support

Evaluating & Reviewing, Good IT Skills, Maths, Negotiating, Reading & Writing

You don’t need specific qualifications or skills but you’ll need to: be friendly and approachable be non-judgmental and respect views, values and cultures that are different to your own have good listening skills have excellent verbal and written communication skills have good maths and IT skills be able to understand information and explain it to others be willing to learn about and follow the Citizens Advice aims, principles and policies, including confidentiality and data protection be willing to undertake all training relevant to your role Full training and support will be given to the successful volunteers to enable them to carry out their role

Make a real difference to people’s lives Learn about a range of issues such as benefits, debt, employment and housing Build on valuable skills such as communication, listening and analysing Increase your employability Work with a range of different people, independently and in a team. Have a positive impact in your community.

A minimum commitment of 8 hours per week would be ideal

Further location details may be provided below.

Matthew Fletcher

Citizens Advice Mid Merica Based at Community Together CIC, Suite 3, Offa House, Orchard Street, Tamworth, B79 7RE

B79 7RE

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https://www.citizensadvicemidmercia.org.uk/volunteering/

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