Salary - £32,140 - £34,861
Location - Argyll and Bute
Hours - 37 hours per week
Closing Date - 13th May 2024 at 23:55
Reference - ID2024-8765
Employment Type - Permanent
Overview
To serve the people of Scotland, Social Security Scotland needs to ensure access to our support services within local communities across Scotland. This job is an exciting opportunity to deliver a face-to-face service to support clients in Argyll & Bute.
As a Client Support Advisor, you will build a rapport and help people understand the benefits they are entitled to and how to access them through tailored one-to-one support.
Every day will be different, but one thing will always be the same – you will treat all clients with dignity, fairness and respect. To do this you will be an ambassador for Social Security Scotland and provide a visible presence across the local area.
Main Duties
• You will have excellent communication skills to listen to clients and explain the benefits they are entitled to, helping them to complete online and paper applications.
• You will have good attention to detail to support clients through the application process and any follow up actions relating to their case.
• We need you to be motivated, with the ability to travel to carry out home and outreach visits. You need to work on your own and as part of a team to do this well.
• You will need to be independent and confident managing your own workload and diary to make the most your day.
• You will provide accurate advice to our clients and personally escalate complex enquiries and complaints and signpost clients to additional support they may be entitled to.
• We need you to be our representative on the ground to engage and build trust with a wide range of stakeholders to raise awareness and promote the uptake of our benefits.
• You will work in a shared environment with other agencies, so you need to be someone who can create and maintain strong relationships with local bodies to continuously improve the quality of our service.
• You will deal with clients sensitively and appropriately and uphold our values of dignity, fairness and respect.
• We will look to you to make sure services are provided on a value for money basis.
• We will need you to abide by data protection regulations and make sure personal and sensitive information is secure at all times.
• You will be expected to keep up to date on the changes to the social security benefit systems (in Scotland and the UK as a whole). We will get you involved in relevant training on this.
Further Information
Social Security Scotland are a Disability Confident Employer. We will consider and implement any reasonable adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process and during the course of your employment, should you be successful in securing a post. If you feel you may require assistance with any part of our recruitment process, please contact us at Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot.
More information about the role and how to apply is available at: Client Support Advisor in Oban | Careers at CAMERON HOUSE (icims.com)