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    Financial Resilience Officer - Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom - Brighton & Hove City Council

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    BHCC:
    Health & Adult Social Care
    Contract Permanent
    Closing Date Apply by 6 May 2024
    Location
    Bartholomew House, Brighton
    Job Summary
    Job reference
    ~ Positions available 1

    Working hours
    Working hours 37
    Closing date 6 May 2024
    Job category
    ~ Job category Finance

    Organisation
    ~ Organisation Brighton & Hove City Council

    Job introduction

    We are looking for a highly organised Financial Assessment Officer, who can work to their own initiative and follow policies and procedures with a high level of accuracy to join our financial assessment team.

    About the role

    You will be responsible for assessing how much a person with social care needs will be required to pay towards the cost of their care using the Care Act Regulations and Statutory Guidance.

    You will support people to understand their charges for care and provide information and guidance on charging rules and our local policies.

    You will also help people to claim and receive the right state benefits according to their eligibility.

    In some cases you may be required to visit the person to establish and verify their level of financial income and assets and you will be required to operate a number of computer systems pertaining to the financial assessment and benefits data.

    You will need to be educated to NQF level 3orable to demonstrate an equivalent level of numeracy and literacy skills.

    You will also need excellent communication and inter-personal skills and be able to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail with reports and figure work.

    We will provide individual training to support you in this area of work and you will be able to develop your knowledge and expertise in a broad range of processes relating to financial assessments, eligibility for state benefits, mental capacity, interpersonal skills, legislation and debt issues.

    If you enjoy a high paced working environment and you have the experience and skills that we are looking for then we would love to hear from you.

    As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement.

    Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview.

    Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

    Additional information

    Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

    Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

    Encouraging a diverse workforce
    Our city is known and loved for its diversity.

    Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit.

    We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds.

    In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

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