Join Us as Our New Grants Caseworker
Are you an empathetic and analytical caseworker who wants to make a meaningful difference?
Demand for our support has reached its highest levels on record and we’re expanding our team to ensure dental students, refugee dentists, dentists, and their families receive timely, compassionate help when they need it most.
We’re looking for a compassionate and skilled Grants Caseworker to work remotely and play a key role in assessing applications, offering practical support and helping shape our growing service.
If you’re empathetic, organised and confident handling sensitive information, we’d love to hear from you.
Full Details of Grant Caseworker Role
About Us
We are an occupational charity providing financial assistance and practical support to members of the dental community during times of crisis. We help individuals facing challenges such as ill health, unemployment, workplace difficulties and other unforeseen life events.
Demand for our support has increased significantly in recent years. We are growing our capacity to ensure applicants receive fair, timely and compassionate assistance.
The Role
As Grants Caseworker, you will manage a varied caseload of applications for financial assistance. Using a holistic, needs-led approach, you will:
- Assess complex personal and financial circumstances
- Analyse income, expenditure and debt information
- Prepare clear case summaries and recommendations
- Make grant decisions within delegated authority
- Identify safeguarding concerns and escalate appropriately
- Signpost applicants to relevant statutory and voluntary sector support
Beyond individual casework, you will contribute to monitoring our impact by identifying trends and patterns within applications, helping to inform service development and continuous improvement.
This role requires sound judgement, emotional resilience and the ability to balance empathy with evidence-based decision-making.
About You
We are looking for someone with:
- Experience of casework or structured support for individuals facing financial or personal hardship
- Strong written communication skills
- The ability to assess complex financial information
- Confidence exercising judgement within clear guidelines
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
- Emotional resilience and the ability to maintain professional boundaries
Experience in a grant-making or benevolent fund environment and knowledge of UK benefits systems would be an advantage.
What We Offer
- Flexible remote working (with occasional meetings in central London)
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
- 6% employer pension contribution
- The opportunity to make a direct and meaningful impact
- A supportive, values-driven team environment
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly from those with lived experience of financial hardship or from the communities we support.
How to Apply
Please email your CV and a supporting statement (maximum two pages) to [email protected].
Your supporting statement should outline:
- Why you are a good fit for the role
- How your experience meets the person specification
Full Details of Grant Caseworker Role
Application Deadline
12pm Friday 13th March
Interviews
To be held via Zoom on 18th or 19th March.
