Experienced supervisor managing advice session - paid staff and volunteers - allocating tasks, advising clients, ensuring compliance with aims and principles of Citizens Advice. Monitoring and signing off case notes in accordance with QAA standards, training advisers, mentoring new trainees and supporting, identifying gaps in knowledge, training and support. Providing feedback and supervision. Excellent communication and listening skills.
One day a week working from home, reliable and concientious.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work history
Session Supervisor and Reseach and Campaigns Lead
Bridport and District Citizens Advice
Bridport, Dorset
09.2022 - Current
supervise advice session : ensuring advice session runs smoothly, delegating tasks to advisers, overseeing advice and allocating workload. Advising clients, checking advice for compliance with QAA (quality assurance) standards
Assisting with training advisers : delivering training, supporting trainee advisers through to accreditation, mentoring and guidance, appraisal of experienced advisers - identifying training needs and directing to appropiate training provision/organising relevant training courses
lead for research and campaigns : research, data gathering and report writing, lobbying MP's, working collaboratively with partner organisations on campaigns
energy project outreach advice : presentations at community events re energy support, welfare benefits, grants etc to assist with cost of living pressures.
Legal assistant
Legal Dept, West Sussex County Council
Chichester, West Sussex
09.2007 - 11.2010
Legal Assistant “in training” to qualify as solicitor.
Prosecuting for Trading Standards and Education Welfare, working in Magistrates Courts across West Sussex, managing own caseload
Clerk for School Appeals, running appeals : advising panel members on points of law, ensuring appeals ran to time, advising parents on process
attending departmental meeting with clients
attending training courses and feeding back to team