Advisor and Caseworker
Location: Bromley by Bow
Job Type: Part time, 21 hours per week - open to full time applicants
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (funding until July 2026)
Salary: £32,724.96 per annum (pro rata to 0.6 FTE £19,634 per annum)
Our client is working with East London Cardiovascular Prevention Group (ELoPE) to improve access to social welfare advice for Bart's Health patients.
The role will provide social welfare advice to people referred into the Centre’s Cardiovascular Social Prescribing service. It will focus on what matters to the individual and take a holistic approach, providing welfare benefits, housing, debt, food and energy advice to casework level.
The role will advocate on behalf of people accessing the service, including challenging benefit decisions, negotiating payment plans, and making complaints.
The Advisor and Caseworker will refer to specialist agencies including immigration, legal advice, and debt, as well as support individuals to access a range of services and activities in their local communities.
The role will build collaborative relationships with the Cardiovascular Social Prescribing team, including supporting the delivery of social welfare advice training to enable health professionals to identify and connect people experiencing hardship with the support they need to improve their circumstances and prevent problems from developing into crisis.
The Advisor and Caseworker role will help shape this exciting new service to help reduce health inequalities locally.
You may also have experience in the following: Caseworker, Advice Worker, Social Welfare Officer, NEA Level 3 Energy Awareness, Social Worker, Social Prescribing Link Worker, Advocacy, Nursing, Service Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Service Delivery, etc.
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