The main purpose of this role is to provide energy advice to householders by telephone and email. You will be expected to provide information to help householders and clients access the appropriate support while maintaining accurate and detailed records of all interactions with clients.
Pay and conditions
- The role is fixed term (12 Months), full-time (37.5 hours per week). We will consider application for a minimum of 22.5 hours per week.
- The salary for the role will be £23,465.
- You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday (plus statutory holidays).
CSE offer a range of benefits including, subsidised bike purchase and Tech Scheme, Life Assurance, Health Cash plan, retail discounts and discounted breakdown cover and many more.
We will pay fees and expenses on relevant training courses.
Specific responsibilities
An applicant appointed to the role will be expected to:
- To work on the advice line and/or other telephone advice projects making and receiving calls from people who may need help with energy related issues.
- To record client details and use knowledge to assess help and support needed.
- To refer clients onto other support organisations in their area as appropriate.
- To identify energy improvements that can be made to clients’ properties and refer to installers who can fit them.
- To help vulnerable clients make applications for grants and switch energy tariffs where appropriate.
- To listen attentively to callers (some of whom may be in distress) and respond to their needs in an empathetic way.
- To be familiar with and adhere to advice line protocol, processes and procedures.
To see a more detailed list of responsibilities please see the supporting documents attached. These documents are also available to download from our website.
Essential attributes for this role include:
- Minimum Maths/English GSCE or equivalent.
- Experience of giving advice, customer service or helping others in some capacity.
- Ability to respond to clients in a respectful and engaging manner.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Ability to maintain admin systems independently and accurately.
- Able to take responsibility for your own work and seek support where necessary.
- Highly organised at managing time and workload.
- Skilled in use of MS office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook.
Please note, the above is an overview of the skills required for this role. To see the full list of essential and desirable skills please see the attached job description.
How to apply
To apply, please download and complete the application form available from our website. Your application should demonstrate your suitability for the role against the criteria outlined in the person specification.
The closing date for applications is 17:00 on Monday 18 November 2024.
Interviews are expected to take place Tuesday 26 November and Wednesday 27 November 2024, though this is subject to change.
If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.
Registered Charity The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring, enthusiastic and connected individual to join our team at Wellbeing Matters.
The successful candidate will be an asset within Salford Royal Hospital, providing education to staff and patients on pathways into community provision to support discharge from the hospital.
We are looking for someone to work with patients to ensure access to community support, activities and services that enable individuals to be discharged appropriately. You will work as part of the team planning and facilitating the discharge of individuals at Salford Royal Hospital.
You’ll use a strengths or assets-based social prescribing (person-centred) approach to address the needs of individual patients during the discharge planning and admission process.
Are you the person we’re looking for?
Do you have:
- Experience working with individuals with multiple needs and who may be facing a range of barriers and/or social issues
- Experience working with individuals (1-2-1) to help them achieve their goals
- Experience working in a person-centred way with individuals through strengths/assets-based conversations
- A sound working knowledge of person-centred and community approaches and/or social prescribing
- The ability to work flexibly – including unsocial hours on occasion (early mornings, evenings and weekends)
If the answer is “Yes”, then we look forward to hearing from you!
Closing date: Noon on Monday 18th November 2024.
Interview date: Wednesday 4th December 2024 at Salford CVS offices in Eccles.
We reserve the right to review applications before the closing date should we get sufficient applications.
Please note late applications will not be accepted.
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