If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the community working with a dedicated team who are all passionate about housing justice, then this could be the job for you!
About the role
Citizens Advice Gateshead is looking for a dedicated Housing Solicitor to join our team. In this role, you will provide expert legal advice, casework, and advocacy on a wide range of housing issues. You will work primarily under legal aid contracts, helping clients understand their rights and responsibilities, and supporting them through complex housing challenges.
What you'll be doing
Provide advice, casework, and advocacy on housing issues for clients in Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, and South Tyneside through our legal aid contracts, as well as for our non-legal aid services.
Deliver advice at various community settings across the region.
You must have excellent organisational and client care skills, work independently, meet tight deadlines, and maintain high accuracy. A UK driving licence is useful but not essential.
Why choose to work for us?
At Citizens Advice Gateshead we're looking for talented people to help us achieve our vision of a fair society for all, with lives well-lived. We're committed to putting clients' needs first through our core values and culture by standing up against injustices, driving innovation and change, and taking ownership of actions, all aimed at creating a tangible and positive impact on people's lives.
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About the role
Citizens Advice Gateshead is looking for a dedicated Housing Solicitor to join our team. In this role, you will provide expert legal advice, casework, and advocacy on a wide range of housing issues. You will work primarily under legal aid contracts, helping clients understand their rights and responsibilities, and supporting them through complex housing challenges.
What you'll be doing
Provide advice, casework, and advocacy on housing issues for clients in Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, and South Tyneside through our legal aid contracts, as well as for our non-legal aid services.
Deliver advice at various community settings across the region.
You must have excellent organisational and client care skills, work independently, meet tight deadlines, and maintain high accuracy. A UK driving licence is useful but not essential.
Why choose to work for us?
At Citizens Advice Gateshead we're looking for talented people to help us achieve our vision of a fair society for all, with lives well-lived. We're committed to putting clients' needs first through our core values and culture by standing up against injustices, driving innovation and change, and taking ownership of actions, all aimed at creating a tangible and positive impact on people's lives.
We’re Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme that supports employers to improve how they recruit, retain, and develop disabled people.
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