Welfare Benefits Advisor

We are looking for a Welfare Benefits Advisor to provide housing benefit and other benefits advice to residents and employees, to maximise residents’ income and increase their ability to afford and sustain their tenancy.

What you'll be doing

• Provide specialist welfare benefit advice / debt counselling to customers and prospective tenants to maximise their income exploring charities and grant funding.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with local authorities’ Housing Benefits and Government departments, where appropriate.
• To assist applicants with completion of Housing Benefit claims, universal credit and other welfare benefit applications and estimate their likely entitlement.
• Retain a working knowledge of the Housing Benefit, Universal Credit and other welfare benefits system to reflect updates / changes etc.
• Ensure detailed records are kept of communications with customers and com...