Debt Adviser

Have you a passion for preventing homelessness, alleviating poverty and supporting residents to get back on track with their finances?, We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Debt Adviser to join the Welfare Rights & Debt Advice Team and make a meaningful difference to people's lives, helping us to achieve our ambition of Starting Well, Living Well and Ageing Well in Tameside

Tameside Council has an enviable track record of supporting residents to remain in their homes during periods of financial stress and you could be the person we need to help us continue to achieve this level of success. Working collaboratively with colleagues in both Housing Advice and Welfare Rights you will be part of our Debt Advice team, helping to prevent homelessness for clients in rent and mortgage arrears. You will also be expected to support our wider community, advising on appropriate debt solutions, negotiating with creditors and helping to maximise household incomes.

We are looking for someone with experience of providing debt advice who has a methodical approach to casework, excellent communication skills and is able to effectively manage competing priorities. As you will be assisting vulnerable customers to deal with urgent repossession and eviction proceedings, it is essential that you also have some experience of representing clients at the County Court., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This position is subject to Basic Disclosure Procedures.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.