What Financial Counsellors Do
Financial counsellors provide a free, confidential, and independent service.
Financial counsellors can:
- Suggest ways to improve your financial situation
- See if you are eligible for government assistance
- Negotiate repayment arrangements with your creditors
- Explain your options and their consequences, including debt recovery procedures, bankruptcy, and other alternatives
- Help you apply for a hardship variation
- Refer you to other services, for example, a gambling helpline, family support, personal, counselling, or community legal aid
Financial counsellors can also help with the following problems:
- Debts that you are struggling to pay
- Threatening letters of harassment by debt collectors
- Debt recovery through courts
- House eviction, disconnection of gas, electricity, phone, etc
- Uninsured car accidents, taxation debts, and unpaid fines
If you would like to make a financial counselling appointment give us a call at the Gawler office on 8522 4522 or stop by the office to book an appointment.
