Macmillan Project Caseworker

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens Advice Milton Keynes is recruiting a Macmillan Project Caseworker. You will provide specialist information, advice and support to people affected by cancer, across a region from Milton Keynes to Cornwall, using person-centred approaches.

You will work in person, by phone, email and video, handling complex welfare benefits and housing enquiries with training provided. A DBS check will be required.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, confidential information, advice and support to people affected by cancer and their families across a region spanning Milton Keynes to Cornwall.
• Assist with welfare benefits, financial support, debt, energy costs and employment issues arising from a cancer diagnosis.
• Work with a coordinated team of advisers across Citizens Advice locations to deliver person-centred guidance and empower clients.

Job description

Macmillan Project Caseworker

Job summary

• Salary: £18,967.94
• Location: Milton Keynes
• Workplace: Office based
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours per week: 25.2

About the role

Citizens Advice Milton Keynes is a local charity that helps people to resolve their legal, money and personal problems. We have been providing free, confidential, and impartial advice since 1972 and helped over 8000 local people last year.

As a Specialist Adviser within the Macmillan Money & More SWS Service, you will provide high-quality, confidential information, advice and support to people affected by cancer and their families across a region spanning from Milton Keynes to Cornwall. Working as part of a coordinated team of advisers across multiple Citizens Advice locations, you will take a person-centred approach to understand each client's individual circumstances and provide tailored guidance on welfare benefits, financial support, debt, energy costs, employment issues and other practical challenges arising from a cancer diagnosis. You will help clients navigate complex systems, access available support, and improve their financial wellbeing during a difficult and often overwhelming time. Through compassionate and holistic advice, you will empower people affected by cancer to make informed decisions, build confidence, and feel supported throughout their cancer journey.

The ideal candidate will provide advice and support in person, via telephone, email and video call to patients undergoing treatment for cancer. Macmillan Project Caseworkers will assist clients with complex welfare benefits and housing enquiries. This requires a good foundation knowledge of each advice area, so competence in these subjects is desirable, but full and ongoing training will be provided to support successful candidates in their professional development.

This is a challenging role, managing a demanding caseload and working with people at every stage of their cancer journey. All our advice work is carried out to the strictest quality standards, and we are committed to ensuring that all our advice work complements the wider services provided by both Citizens Advice and Macmillan Cancer Care.

Applicants need to be –

• Computer-literate, although training on our case recording systems will be given.
• Confident in working to performance targets.
• Able to show good communications skills, both written and verbal. These are essential in the role, as are excellent customer service skills with a non-judgemental approach.
• Prepared to work independently, sometimes remotely and also from a variety of community-based locations.
• A minimum of 12 months’ experience in an advice agency or similar setting is desirable.

The successful Applicant/s will be asked to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.