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We just added a new vacancy listing from the Royal Borough of Greenwich:

Welfare Rights Caseworker
35 hours per week
£40,182 to £42,060
Location: Woolwich SE18
Deadline: 25 March, 2026

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

06.03.2026 16:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Grab a 2026/2027 benefit rates poster ...

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70303

04.03.2026 19:17 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Interested in mentoring a judge? Applications are open for the 2026 cohort of the Judicial Reverse Mentoring scheme

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70216

04.03.2026 19:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We've added a new vacancy listing from Camden Disability Action:

Welfare Benefits and Housing Advisor
35 hours per week
£33,000 - £37,000
Location: London/Hybrid
Deadline: 23 March, 2026

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

27.02.2026 10:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nominations for the 2026 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards are now open

@lalyawards.bsky.social

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70213

25.02.2026 15:49 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill passes its Commons Third Reading unamended

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70204

25.02.2026 15:48 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Government says it recognises that the advice sector is under pressure, and highlights that legal aid is vital in maintaining an effective justice system

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70206

25.02.2026 15:47 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t miss out ... job deadlines approaching:

Judicial Assistants
UK Supreme Court
Deadline: 26 February, 2026

Welfare Benefits Advisor
Hospitality Action
Deadline: 27 February, 2026

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70202

25.02.2026 15:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Upate: The deadline for Maggie's recruitment has been extended into March:

Benefits Advisor - Swansea
22.5 hours per week (0.6 FTE)
£17,853 - £21,346
Location: Swansea
Deadline: 16 March 2026

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

25.02.2026 15:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New from the @publiclawproject.bsky.social:

How can community organisations and legal experts work together to challenge injustice more effectively?

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70177

25.02.2026 15:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We've been adding lots of new training dates from @cpaguk.bsky.social and @cpagscotland.bsky.social

Booking now through to March 2027 ...

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70170

20.02.2026 10:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We just added a new vacancy listing from Citizens Advice Camden:

Adviser
35 hours per week
£34,004 - £35,406
Location: Great Ormond Street Hospital, WC1N
Deadline: 13 March, 2026

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

18.02.2026 16:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We just added details of two Judicial Assistant recruitment exercises, in the Court of Appeal and the UK Supreme Court

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70014

18.02.2026 15:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Civil Justice Council launches consultation on use of AI in preparing court documents

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70003

18.02.2026 15:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

‘Jobcentre on Wheels’ service rolling out to six additional areas across England and Wales

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69999

Military career opportunities to be actively promoted to jobseekers for the first time through Jobcentre Plus

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69988

18.02.2026 15:57 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Pushed into the wrong job? Assessing the link between conditionality and poor quality employment

@neweconomics.bsky.social

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69993

18.02.2026 15:56 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Remaining stages of the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill scheduled for 23 February

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69966

16.02.2026 14:35 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Job deadlines approaching after the weekend ... don’t miss out

Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Hackney Community Law Centre

Financial Resilience Navigator
Citizens Advice Richmond

Advice Worker (Macmillan)
Manchester City Council

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

13.02.2026 16:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We just added a new vacancy listing from Tower Hamlets Law Centre:

Housing Solicitor
35 hours per week
£35,300 - £38,600
Location: East London + Hybrid
Deadline: 31 March 2026

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

13.02.2026 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Minister urges social landlords to align pet policies with new private tenant rights

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69967

13.02.2026 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Despite legal protections, pregnant women and new mothers still face poor treatment, disadvantage and unacceptable risk when they go to work

@maternityaction.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69972

13.02.2026 16:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

More than 40,000 claimants have waited over a year for a WCA reassessment

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69956

13.02.2026 16:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

CPAG survey: Families that have been affected by the two-child limit

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69959

13.02.2026 16:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We've added a new vacancy listing from Surrey Welfare Rights Unit:

Welfare Rights Officer
22.5 hours per week
£18,664
Location: Woking, Surrey
Deadline: 13 March, 2026

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

13.02.2026 16:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We've added a new vacancy listing from Camden Council:

Welfare Rights Adviser
36 hours a week
£42,221 - £47,940
Location: London
Deadline: 1 March, 2026

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

13.02.2026 16:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Long-term, sustainable funding needed to ensure advice sector is able to meet growing need

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69944

Money from new MOJ initiative desperately needs to go to law centres and free legal advice services in crisis

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69934

11.02.2026 15:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Unsung Britain: A portrait of the country’s poorer half

@resolutionfoundation.org

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69927

11.02.2026 15:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New universal credit calculator: See how April 2026 changes will impact your clients

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69914

11.02.2026 15:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aligning policy and reality: Benefit system needs to address the reality of people’s lives not the distorted picture so often presented

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69909

11.02.2026 15:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

300,000 children already welcomed to UK face living in limbo for a decade under Home Office immigration plan

@ippr.org

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69908

11.02.2026 15:14 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0