Benefits Form Filler
Benefits Form Filler
Posted for Citizens Advice in West Sussex (CAWS)
Posted by Mid Sussex Voluntary Action
You will be redirected to the Mid Sussex Voluntary Action website to express your interest.
What will you do?
As a Benefits Form Filler, you will be providing essential support to residents who need help to receive the financial help they need. After appropriate training, you will help residents to complete disability and sickness applications, grants and travel support.
● Attend training and keep up to date, supported as part of a team
● Fill in paper or online forms for Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payments, Limited Capability for Work, discretionary housing payments
● Complete benefit checks to identify any other help
● Apply for charity and other grants or other help such
● Support people either in person at one of our offices or community locations, by phone or video
What is in it for you?
● Make a real difference to people’s lives
● Learn about a range of issues such as benefits, debt, employment and housing
● Build on valuable skills such as communication, and problem solving, and increase your employability
● Work with a range of different people, independently, in a team and within your local community
● Have a positive impact in your community. We’ll reimburse expenses too
How much time do you need to give?
We can be flexible about the time spent and how often you volunteer so come and talk to us!
What skills do I need?
What do you need to have? You don’t need specific qualifications or skills but you’ll need to:
● Be friendly and approachable
● Be non-judgemental and respect views, values and cultures that are different to your own
● Have a positive attitude towards fundraising
● Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
● Have good IT skills
● Be willing to learn about and follow the Citizens Advice aims, principles and policies, including confidentiality and data protection
● Be willing to undertake training in your role
Valuing inclusion
Our volunteers come from a range of backgrounds and we particularly welcome applications from racially minoritised people/people of colour, disabled people, people with physical or mental health conditions, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people.
If you are interested in becoming a fundraising volunteer and would like to discuss flexibility around location, time, ‘what you will do’ and how we can support you, please contact us.
Location
This opportunity can be carried out whilst working from home.
Details
- Age restrictions
- Equal Opportunities Policy
- Expenses reimbursed
- Health and Safety Policy
- Ongoing support
- Public Liability Insurance
- Safeguarding Policy
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy
- Training provided
- Volunteer induction
- Volunteer Policy
- Volunteers covered by insurance
- Written role description
When is this role available?
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We would welcome volunteers to start as soon as they can! Some training will be required and this can mainly be done online.
You will be redirected to the Mid Sussex Voluntary Action website to express your interest.
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