About the role
The purpose of the role is to provide a financial and safeguarding service to vulnerable adult service users that are subject to an appointeeship or deputyship to ensure financial affairs are managed appropriately and to offer protection from financial abuse. Ensuring duties are carried out in line with the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Financial Regulations, Taxation, DWP legislation, The Office of the Public Guardian Standards and Court of Protection guidelines.
See Job Description document for further details about the role.
What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of service users’ affairs in line with current legislation and the stated policies of the organisations involved, making sound judgements and decisions. Work closely with the Team Leader and Corporate Deputy, keeping them informed of service user, process, system or performance issues and take responsibility for resolving issues or recommending options for resolving them as appropriate.
See Job Description document for main accountabilities of the role.
About you
Qualified to GCSE, NVQ Level 3 or similar experience gained.
An experienced individual with knowledge of Welfare Benefits and other finance / regulatory matters in relation to dealing with service users affairs.
See Job Description document for details of the full Person Specification for the role.
Our benefits
We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.
Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services
Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.
Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.
We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete.
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