Face-to-face Assessor

Role of a face-to-face assessor

  • You will complete an introduction to Citizens Advice and training for your role.

  • You will talk to clients face to face to explore what problems they've come for help with.

  • You will find information about the clients' problems and help them to understand their options.

  • You will write a summary of the clients' problems and what action you've taken.

Personal skills/attributes that a face-to-face assessor needs:

  • Be friendly and approachable.

  • Be non-judgemental and respect views, values and cultures that are different to your own.

  • Have good listening skills.

  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Have good maths and IT skills.

  • Be able to understand information and explain it to others.

  • 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.

There is an opportunity to progress to a full Adviser role which would focus on a specific enquiry area after volunteering in this role.