Welfare Advisor

Contract: Full Time (35 hours per week), Permanent Hours: 35 hours per week Location: Manchester Starting salary: £34,220 per annum Closing date: 16.08.2026 Expected date of interviews: w/c 31.08.2026 Job ref: VA795 We have an exciting opportunity for a welfare advisor based within our Legal Advice and Welfare Services (LAWS) team. About the role Do you want to use your extensive welfare benefits and/or asylum support experience to help torture survivors realise their welfare rights and entitlements? Freedom from Torture is a human rights organisation that provides rehabilitation to survivors of torture. We are looking for someone who shares our passion for human rights to join our team in Manchester. The Welfare Advisor works within the holistic rehabilitation model of Freedom from Torture and provides welfare advice and advocacy to our clients, forming part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will receive, process and manage welfare referrals, and act as a point of contact on welfare issues primarily for the Manchester centre, and to a smaller degree, the Scotland Centre. This role requires careful and sensitive delivery of complex welfare information and advice, often to very vulnerable clients. You must have in- depth knowledge of the welfare rights and benefits available to asylum seekers and/or refugees. This may include completing Section 4 applications, or appealing negative benefits decisions on health or vulnerability grounds. ..... full job details .....