Helpline Advice Worker x2

Helpline Advice Worker x2 London, England

Centrepoint
Full Time London, England 30206 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £30,206 per annum

Location: London, Greater London, United Kingdom

New opportunity not to be missed! Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Helpline Advice Worker x2 to join our team based in London. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.

This is a permanent opportunity with a closing date of Tuesday, 9th May 2023. Interviews to be held the w/c 15 May 2023.

Our Centrepoint Helpline provides information, advice and support over the phone, on webchat and via email, to young people at risk of homelessness.

What you’ll be doing…

  • Offering information, advice and support to young people in a wide variety of different situations.
  • Respond in a suitable manner to the welfare of young people including safeguarding, child protection and vulnerable adult issues, in accordance with local requirements and Centrepoint’s policies and procedures.
  • Empowering young people by supporting them to access the correct services for their situation, and linking them to local community support services.
  • Ensuring accurate records are kept of contacts with young people and that all aspects of Centrepoint’s Data Protection policy are followed.

What we’d be looking for from you…

  • Ability to positively engage with young people and experience of previous engagement with young people.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of welfare and housing rights that may affect vulnerable client groups, able to advise young people on these resources and how to access them.
  • Strong administrative and numerical skills.
  • Commitment to working as part of a small, supportive team
  • Ideal will have experience either in a helpline/call centre environment or working with homeless people (or both) – this can be either paid work or voluntary

What we offer in return...

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

  • 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
  • Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career
  • Employer pension contributions of 4%
  • Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work that enables movement up the pay scale
  • Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
  • An interest-free travel loan

This a hybrid-working role, with a mixture of both home and office working.

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Helpline Advice Worker click ‘Apply’ now

Helpline Advice Worker x2
Centrepoint

https://centrepoint.org.uk/
London, United Kingdom
Seyi Obakin Obe
Unknown / Non-Applicable
501 to 1000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Civic, Welfare & Social Services
1969
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