Financial Assessment Officer - Kettering, United Kingdom - North Northamptonshire Council

North Northamptonshire Council

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Kettering, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About the role

North Northamptonshire Adult Social Care is seeking to recruit a Financial Assessments Officer to join the Financial Assessments Team.

You will be working at the forefront of best practice, playing a key role in delivering the Financial Assessments service for Council's vulnerable adult customers.

What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on your progress, providing in depth management information when requested and strive to meet set targets

You will be required to actively participate in meetings and discussions in respect of service developments and improvements.

We embrace new ideas and are always looking at how we can improve our service to maximise its full potential.

To be successful you will need:

to be self-motivating with a track record of being able to plan and prioritise your own workload.

- to be able to work effectively within a team and on your own.
- to be able to effectively travel across North Northamptonshire.
- to have the ability to be flexible in your approach in supporting vulnerable adults and their carers to ensure accurate information is captured.

About you

In exchange for your expertise, experience, and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development.

in addition to providing a wide range of employment linked benefits, we will provide you with competitive annual leave and access to an excellent pension scheme.

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._

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.