Financial Counsellor
Work within a supportive team providing financial counselling to vulnerable individuals and families.
Summary about this job
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services
Company: CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay
Location: Sydney
Work type: Part Time
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Phone: +61-7-8566-5163
Fax: +61-3-6828-9107
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Detail information about job Financial Counsellor. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Sydney - Northern Beaches location at Brookvale
- Attractive Salary Packaging Options
- Part time 3 days per week
CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay is a diverse and innovative social care provider delivering children's services education and care, disability services, a range of family support programs and therapeutic out of home care to 20,000+ children, young people, individuals and families in Northern Metropolitan Sydney and on the NSW Central Coast.
This role provides face-to-face financial counselling to people in financial difficulty who may be struggling to pay bills and debts.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assisting people with credit and debt issues and alleviation of financial over-commitment.
- Identifying and explaining to clients' possible options to address their financial situation.
- Advocating and negotiating with creditors on clients' behalf on issues related to the clients inability to pay bills and debts
- Providing information on credit laws, the debt recovery process, bankruptcy etc
- Providing community education to groups on how to successfully manage their financial affairs.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Accredited membership of the Financial Counsellors Association of NSW (or working towards accreditation).
- Teamwork – the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others in a team.
- Oral and written communications skills – the ability to express oneself clearly in business writing and in conversations and interactions with others.
- Good level of computer literacy, especially Microsoft Word, and Excel and the ability to use a database for client record keeping purposes.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Diploma of Financial Counselling, or Diploma of Community Services (Financial Counselling), or working towards obtaining the Diploma
- Current, valid drivers licence.
TO APPLY
To apply for this position please do so by visiting our website www.catholiccaredbb.org.au and download the position description and instructions on how to apply. For further information email Martin Derby [email protected] or call Martin on 8425 8700 for a confidential discussion.
Closing Date: 3 August 2018
CatholicCare is a child-safe and child-friendly organisation – all staff must comply with our child-safe child-friendly policies and Code of Conduct. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Working with Children Check Clearance in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.