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Morning all.
Like a lot of people , my current job looks fragile.
As I am on an IVA , I've been inspired by various people , but mostly by my IP , Melanie Giles and her team , to look at training as a Debt Advisor.
Therefore , a quick question.
Has anyone heard of / enrolled with , the debt Advisor College ?
Please be careful with your replies.

Thanks for taking the time to read my post.[:)]

Hi
I have not heard of them.
Be wary about paying money upfront for a course etc. Your time may be better spent honing your knowledge on this forum and contacting established Debt Management companies directly for jobs
Good luck

Hi,

I haven't heard of them so can't advise.

Why not give one or two of the IVA companies a ring to see if they are recruiting? You would receive on the job training and I'm sure some of them will be taking on new people.

Good morning Andy, and thanks for the quick reply.
I've literally only just heard of them.
You're quite right about handing over money ( a member of the family has offered to finance it IF it's worth doing ).
There were a number of Insolvency Jobs on this site , but they , like most jobs , have gone for the moment.
Early days , but thanks again.

Thanks Jan,

Appreciate your time and advice.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Conversely, a quick search reveals there are a wide range of courses offered to Debt Collection Agency based staff. Reading the course outlines gives and interesting incite into how they operate.

As with drug couselling I think someone with genuine experience is better qualified to assist people. Good luck.

Thanks P ,

Another good point , much appreciated.

Thanks to everyone for advice so far , but have to log-off now , as I'm in the library , and my time is up.

Have a great day everyone.

It's a good idea to start as a volunteer debt counsellor with the Citizens Advice Bureau. They are always looking for helpers and you will learn a lot from the other debt counsellors on site. This could then lead to paid employment eventually, if they have any vacancies.

Since David isn't about, I'm sure he'd pipe up about the Debt Resolution Forum who provide debt advice training in the form of a Btec.

Its pretty expensive and looks fairly challenging (but not as bad as JIEB!) I'm going to do it. If you go to the DRF website you can find out all about it.

Nothing is as bad as JIEB!!!

Great to hear this,

The thing that puts me off JIEB (apart from the actual studying and the fact that two thirds of it is corporate and irrelevant to what I want to do) is the thought of 3 hour written exams.

I have barely written more than the odd sentence with a pen in about 15 years! I started using the net in 1996. I literally can't write for 3 hours.

The good news is the DRF exams are multi guess.

johnnybriggs wrote:

Since David isn't about, I'm sure he'd pipe up about the Debt Resolution Forum who provide debt advice training in the form of a Btec.

Its pretty expensive and looks fairly challenging (but not as bad as JIEB!) I'm going to do it. If you go to the DRF website you can find out all about it.

Whats happened to David, not heard from him for over a week

He's taking the open topped bus back to the hire company

where did he hire it from the south pole