Welfare Rights Officer - ANG06391

Angus Council; Forfar; Hybride; GBP 25 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Angus Council in Forfar is seeking a benefits and debt adviser to provide advice, assistance and representation to clients on a range of matters. You will manage a varied caseload, including appearances at appeal tribunals and courts, and may deliver training and mentoring while supporting outreach activities in flexible, hybrid working arrangements.

The role emphasises working from council buildings with the option to work from home to suit meetings and collaboration, with interviews scheduled

Qualifications

• PVG Scheme membership required or ability to become a member.

Responsabilités

• Advise and represent clients on benefit and debt matters.
• Manage a varied caseload of benefit and debt cases.
• Provide representation at appeal tribunals and, where required, court proceedings.

Description du poste

Job Description

Based at County Buildings, Market Street, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 3.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations including working from council buildings and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

You will provide advice, assistance and representation to clients on a range of benefit and debt-related matters. You will manage a varied caseload of benefit and debt cases, including providing advice and representation at appeal tribunals and, where required, court proceedings, as well as advising on all aspects of statutory debt options.

You may also be required to deliver training, provide mentoring and support to other members of the team, and undertake outreach and co-location activities.

Please note interviews will be held Wednesday, 4 November 2026.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the \"applicant guidance\" document when completing your application form and to the \"welcome to Angus\" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.