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Advice Worker

Advice worker sitting giving advice to client

Advice workers give information and advice on issues such as legal and consumer rights, welfare benefits, pensions, housing and financial problems. Some workers may specialise in one particular area of work.

The Work

You could be:

Pay

The figures below are only a guide. Actual pay rates may vary, depending on:

A money and welfare rights adviser with Citizens Advice Scotland earns around £26,000 a year (October 2023). 

Conditions

Workforce Employment Status

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Getting In

You could work with a local authority department such as housing or social work, a private company, or with a voluntary body, such as Citizens Advice or local money advice centre.

Workforce Education Levels (UK)

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Job Outlook Scotland

Employment

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Job Outlook Scotland and UK

  Scotland
2022
13578
1.1 %
RISE
2027
13729
  United Kingdom
2022
131026
1.2 %
RISE
2027
132561

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What Does it Take?

You should be:

You should have:

Training

Getting On

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Contacts

The following organisations may be able to provide further information.

Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland
Tel: 0141 552 3303
Website: http://www.cpag.org.uk/Scotland
Twitter: @CPAGScotland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cpaguk

Citizens Advice Scotland
Website: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/
Twitter: @CitAdviceScot

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