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Debt Counselor

South HollandHybrid36 hours/week3-6months

This assignment is with a government organization, part of a regional partnership. The organization is characterized by a flat structure and an agile approach, focused on continuous innovation and learning by doing.

Wat je doet

  • Conduct advisory and registration interviews
  • Determine if there is a problematic debt situation
  • Map the resident's spending and debt patterns and identify possible problems and causes
  • Investigate eligibility for national and local provisions
  • Stabilize residents' financial situations
  • Carry out the intake phase and debt settlements
  • Draft and send decisions through decrees
  • Prepare action plans and reports
  • Arrange internal registration and coordination regarding budget management
  • Prepare requests for a forced agreement and the WSNP
  • Attend court hearings in the context of a forced agreement or WSNP
  • Apply crisis intervention, for example in case of impending eviction or disconnection of water or energy
  • Refer to other instances when necessary, such as social work, and monitor the further process
  • Calculate the Free to Spend Amount (VTLB)
  • Handle files of residents affected by the benefits scandal for whom debt assistance needs to be initiated
  • Coordinate with the team responsible for broad support to victims of the benefits scandal, to ensure consistent support
  • Implement the additional debt assistance offer for young people as part of the benefits recovery operation

Profiel

  • All-round debt counselor with extensive and recent experience in the intake phase and debt settlement
  • Familiar with motivational interviewing techniques and focused on self-reliance
  • Customer-oriented, flexible
  • Can quickly switch between different tasks and is willing to assist when needed
  • Quickly adapts to working methods and can independently manage a caseload
  • Possesses the right motivation and creativity to achieve good results
  • Values quality highly and thinks in terms of opportunities for improvement
  • Stress-resistant
  • Accurate
  • Able to maintain a balance between empathy and professionalism
  • Good collaboration skills
  • Proactive attitude
  • Flexible
  • Able to convert identified problems and obstacles into solutions

Eisen

  • Minimum 1 year of demonstrable work experience independently managing a caseload (intake phase/debt settlement)
  • Minimum 2 years of demonstrable work experience as a debt counselor at a government organization
  • Demonstrable work experience in conducting advisory and intake interviews, analyzing debt situations, and preparing action plans and/or reports

Wensen

  • Minimum 3 years of demonstrable work experience as a debt counselor within a government organization
  • Demonstrable work experience with crisis intervention in debt assistance, including handling impending evictions and/or disconnection of water or energy
  • Demonstrable work experience with the Allegro system

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