CAB Introduction

I spent a fascinating afternoon being introduced to the role of gateway assessor at my local CAB today. I had such a massive smile on my face by the end - I have never been in a situation that felt so 'me'. I am genuinely excited about the opportunity. Just need to apply and get trained up now!

I enquired thinking it would be great to get the face to face contact with people experiencing the welfare state, while I'm learning about the theory and history at uni. However, it looks like it might be even more relevant than I thought - as the introduction included a part about social policy, and how the patterns we see with clients are fed back to head office who then lobby government. They didn't use the word lobby...

Anyway, my research and journey with the CAB starts here. This is their 'evidence cycle' (taken from http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/policy.htm)

I wonder if there are any work experience opportunities with the policy team...