Financial Wellbeing and energy advice worker Salary: CHAS DC level D £32,385 - £36,210 per annum, pro rata. Location: Aberdeen / Inverness Contract: 37.5 hours per week. Fixed term until end of March 2026. Closing Date: 9 July 2025 Caring for a child with a life shortening condition can bring with it unexpected financial responsibilities which may lead to poverty and hardship. These include increased care costs, increased energy costs and the possibility of a parent needing to stop working to become a fulltime carer. Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) was awarded a two year grant funding from British Gas Energy Trust (BGET) to develop a team who will support families across Scotland during the cost of living crisis. Scottish Gas Network (SGN) have added further to this funding, and we are looking to expand our team. Recruitment to this exciting new post will further enhance the support CHAS provides at an extremely difficult time families. We are currently recruiting financial a wellbeing and energy advice worker, who will work directly with families to provide comprehensive financial wellbeing advice (including energy), to maximise the money available to them. As a Financial Wellbeing Advisor, you will be joining an enthusiastic, energetic, experienced, and supportive team, with a collaborative and hardworking culture. Last year the team brought in over £1.7 million in financial gains for CHAS families You will work primarily with our teams in Inverness and Aberdeen as well as our Family Support Teams in our two hospices (Rachel House and Robin House). Benefits Option to opt into generous pension scheme Generous annual leave entitlement Excellent learning and development opportunities Regular facilitated supervision sessions Employee assistance programme The CHAS service: Two children’s hospices, Robin House, Balloch and Rachel House, Kinross. An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals The role The role of the financial wellbeing and energy advice worker is to maximise the money available to families of children with life-shortening conditions. The post holder will do this through 1-to-1 support for individual family members, covering income maximisation, benefits advice, money advice and energy advice, which will maximise the money available to the families, ensuring that their financial wellbeing is being addressed. They will provide information about the benefits systems, undertaking casework, supporting applications to benevolent societies and trusts, advising and providing families with impartial advice and information on energy efficiency and signposting to specialist services where required. This will be done through; Service delivery Leadership Key contact with external organisations and partners Volunteer engagement We are particularly keen to hear from applicants in the Grampian and Highland regions We look forward to hearing from you. Please note this role may be subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check or Level 1 Disclosure.