Financial Adult Safeguarding Officer - Horsham, United Kingdom - WSCC

WSCC

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Horsham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Opportunity Salary**:
£30,296 to £33,024 per annum

Working Pattern:
Full time, 37 hours per week***
Location:Based - Parkside, Horsham (Hybrid working)

Interviews week commencing:11 December 2023

We have opportunities within our Finance Directorate, currently seeking two Financial Adult Safeguarding Officers to join our Financial Adult Safeguarding Team.

The team is closely linked to adults' safeguarding and deals with the financial affairs of vulnerable people who lack the capacity to manage their own finances, or who are vulnerable to exploitation.

You will work in a team of Adult Safeguarding Officers operating with the Court of Protection / Office of the Public Guardian and / or the Department of Work and Pensions to deal with the property and affairs of people who lack capacity to manage these for themselves, in partnership with the social worker / care manager responsible for their social care needs.

What are we looking for?

You will demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to advise customers and members of the public on potentially complex information.
Be able to exercise sensitivity and empathy when working with and advising members of the public on issues which could be sensitive or difficult.
You will be able to effectively manage your workload and manage priorities to deliver a highquality financial management service for customers.
Be comfortable responding independently to unanticipated problems or situations, such as the need to present information in a different way to enable a client with a sensory impairment or other disability to understand.
You will be proactive with a cando attitude, as well as being a good team player, keen and able to work collaboratively with stakeholders and partners to achieve outcomes within a complex operating environment.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this.

To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

- an excellent
local government pension scheme:

generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)

- a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role

For a full list this can be found at our
Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information
The reference number for this role is
CRS00780.

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Job Reference:
CRS00780