The role
About Southwark:
Southwark Council is a large, ambitious and progressive local authority with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
Southwark has a varied mix of cultural communities, where over 120 languages spoken across the borough. We have all the challenges you'd find in any inner city area, with our Adult Social Care division playing a central role in supporting our vulnerable residents. Our aim is that members of our community can access high quality information, advice and coordinated community services that prevent, reduce and delay their need for adult social care support.
We are an equal opportunity employer and the Council has launched the Southwark Stands Together initiative which is a new, proactive approach which will focus on ways we can identify, listen and learn, and then tackle racism, inequality and injustice within the council and our borough.
The role:
Our Adult Social Care division is seeking two enthusiastic individuals to cover two client finance case worker roles in the Charging Team and Debt Team in our Personal Budgets and Client Finance Service. The Charging Team leads on the Council’s financial assessment service for adult social care and generates income for the Council. The Debt Team oversee the collection of our resident's individually assessed contribution towards the social care services they receive. You will support a refreshed and proactive approach to financial assessments and income collection modelling best practice.
You will also learn to apply and understand policies, practices, legislation and codes of practice that govern how the work area operates and the need to comply with standards of behaviour outlined in relevant legislation and guidance. The successful candidates will take a supporting role in means testing as per our Fairer Contributions Policy and the Care Act 2014, as well as promoting welfare benefit uptake which aims to ensure our clients claim the benefits they are entitled to.
About you:
If you are someone with drive, enthusiasm and a positive attitude, who thrives on working in a busy and challenging environment we would love to hear from you. You should possess excellent administrative and numeracy skills and work efficiently to ensure accuracy and attention to detail and have a good knowledge of legislation, policy and financial context of Adult Social Care. For this role you must be able to communicate confidently and effectively when dealing with the public and other key stakeholders.
Additional salary details
Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at a Stanard level is required.
Benefits and More Information:
https://www.jobsatsouthwark.co.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Recruitment timetable:
Advert Closing Date: 17/07/2022
Shortlisting Date: 20/07/2022
Interview Date:28/07/2022
Assessment Date: 28/07/2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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