Safeguarding Finance Officer Preston, North West England, England
Job description
Salary £27,852 - £32,020 per annum Pro Rata | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | County Hall |
Lancashire is the fourth largest local authority in England spanning a large geographical area with a diverse range of communities. The County Council provides services to approximately 1.2 million people who live within Lancashire.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person ready to join our busy team as a Safeguarding Finance Officer, specialising in financial safeguarding within Exchequer Services.
The Financial Safeguarding Team and Care Finance Administration Team jointly manage the financial affairs of vulnerable adults who have been assessed to lack mental capacity to manage their own finances, on behalf of the Council who act as corporate court appointed deputy or Department of Work and Pensions appointee.
Both teams work alongside each to deliver an efficient and effective service working with adult social care colleagues, partner agencies, care providers and other professionals in order to safeguard a service user's financial affairs.
As a valued member of the team, you will be responsible for supporting the team leader in maintaining the quality and performance of the team. You must have strong technical knowledge to provide direction and act as a technical reference to manage team performance and meet relevant regulations.
You will be responsible for processing deputyship applications and liaising with deputy solicitors as well as managing your own caseload of deputyship cases, thus managing all aspects of a person's financial affairs. You will be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team, have a high attention to detail, be able to prioritize tasks ensure you meet deadlines and effectively manage your own workload.
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 guidance. You will also be able to form good working relationships with social care colleagues and managers, the Department of Work and Pensions, Officer of Public Guardian and Court of Protection, financial institutions and various partner agencies.
You will need to demonstrate an understanding of financial safeguarding and knowledge of the role of the Office of the Public Guardian, Court of Protection and Department of Work and Pensions.
This role is based at County Hall, Preston however currently may work from home. All flexible working requests will be considered for the successful candidate.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website. We provide and actively encourage self-development offering a wide range of training opportunities.
Key Accountabilities:
- The technical reference for a group or team
- Accounting for expenditure from agreed budgets
- Overseeing the administration of support systems and processes
- Undertaking specialized service support activities
- Providing service and situation specific guidance
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Extended experience or the ability to demonstrate the competence to undertake the role.
- Possession of, or the ability to demonstrate the capability to gain, relevant qualifications or equivalent where applicable.
- Working knowledge of the practices, processes, and procedures relevant to the role.
- Continuous review of procedures and work plans in order to improve operations, performance and efficiency requiring ongoing analysis of management and financial information.
- Coach staff through the identification of training and development needs to equip them to deliver effective and responsive services
- Skills appropriate to the job discipline.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
It is essential as part of the application process that you provide a supporting statement which is your opportunity to evidence how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the criteria for the role based on the Person Specification and Role Profile attached and the information detailed. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy early, before the closing date if we receive sufficient applications. For an informal discussion regarding this role, please do not hesitate to contact Adeel Khan, Care Finance Assessment Manager on 01772 534631 or Karen Jones, Senior Care Finance Assessment Manager on 01772 533521.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
We do hold an Immigration Sponsor Licence so can support International (Tier 2) Sponsorship for roles that are designated as a " Shortage Occupation " by the UK Government and are offered on a permanent basis of 37 hours. Should the role you are currently reviewing not meet the visa requirement criteria, then regretfully, your application will not be progressed"
Job description and person specification
