Experience

Action for Blind People

• United Kingdom
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Living Coordinator

  • May 2014 - Present

  As an Independent Living Coordinator I advise clients regarding welfare rights, housing, and other benefit entitlement including state help and sight registration choices, and refer clients in house for employment and assistive technology advice. I am running the Big Lottery funded outreach project in Norfolk and Suffolk to promote Action for Blind People's services.

• Project Administrator/Coordinator

  • 2009 - Present

  Promoting the charity's services to rural communities. Advising sight impaired clients regarding welfare benefits, practical benefits, making external referrals to other agencies to further assist clients. Working within welfare rights services on behalf of clients.

• Volunteer Grants Coordinator

  • Jun 2009 - Oct 2010

  Gathering relevant information from visually impaired clients, then sourcing funding for equipment, services, or any other needs they have and assisting with applications for funding.



Norwich and West Norfolk Citizens Advice Bureau

• CLS Debt Case Worker

  • Sep 2009 - Jan 2010

  Advising clients regarding debt management, dealing with priority and non priority creditors,working on follow up case work and negotitating on clients' behalf. Advising clients regarding debt management, dealing with priority and non priority creditors,working on follow up case work and negotitating on clients' behalf.



Norwich City Council

• Benefits Assessor

  • Apr 2008 - Jan 2009

  I assessed claimants' houisng and council tax benefit entitlement and aranged for the claims to be actioned. I assessed claimants' houisng and council tax benefit entitlement and aranged for the claims to be actioned.



Norwich City Council

• Technical Officer

  • 2007 - 2007