Advice and Assessment Officer - London, United Kingdom - Akton Recruitment

Akton Recruitment

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Advice and Assessment Officer

Camden
**£22.75 Per Hour
I am recruiting for a local authority who is looking for someone to join the team supporting and assisting the councils most vulnerable residents for the Adult Social Care Teams through providing an individualised financial assessment and billing service to all Adult Social Care customers, integrating welfare benefits advice with financial assessments

This will include:
Gathering information on the residents circumstances, particularly finances, covering income, capital and expenditure.

To validate information, and complete any requisite forms for financial assessments and benefit claims to be made, processed or reviewed.

Carrying out out financial assessments in accordance with relevant legislation, national guidance and any local policy, procedure and guidance.

Completing initial benefit checks identifying additional entitlements, help customers make initial claims or reviews. To ensure claims are submitted on time and outcomes monitored.

Operating systems and procedures so that income due to the department is, invoiced, collected and accounted for in accordance with departmental and corporate financial regulations, standing orders and guidelines.

You will will have a highly organised approach, with the ability to use you initiative and judgement and are able to demonstrate experience, understanding or skills in the following areas:
Experience of providing financial assessment or similar services

Experience of undertaking benefits assessments or providing welfare benefits advice

Experience of delivering services to disabled and vulnerable people