Finance Assistant

2
12 January 2020
Fixed Term
Full Time, Part Time
18
6 months
Trent Bridge House, Fox Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6BJ
Adult Social Care and Health
£19,945 - £22,462 per annum
 

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join the Client Finance Team within the Adult Care Financial Services Team. You will be supporting service users to who lack capacity to manage their finances themselves. Completing benefit applications on their behalf and supporting them with budgeting.

You will be able to work on your own initiative, have a high attention to detail, be able to prioritise competing tasks and effectively manage your caseload.

You will be a confident communicator, with the ability to communicate professionally, effectively and empathetically with service users and their families, providing accurate advice and resolutions to queries and problems relating to their finances. You will also be able to form good relationships with a range of people including, social workers, support providers and government agencies.

Training will be provided on all aspects of the role, but you will have some knowledge of Adult Social Care and Health, some knowledge of the State benefit system would be useful and understand the role of an appointee, although not essential.

Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.

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