Financial Assessment Officer

North Northamptonshire Council; Barton Seagrave; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Benefits Scheme

Wellbeing support

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Job summary

North Northamptonshire Council's Adult Social Care is seeking a Financial Assessments Officer to join the Financial Assessments Team. You will be at the forefront of best practice, delivering financial assessments for vulnerable adults across the region.

You will monitor progress, provide detailed management information on request, and contribute to service developments with a collaborative and customer-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with ability to plan and prioritise workload.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently.
• Willingness to travel across North Northamptonshire.
• Flexible approach to supporting vulnerable adults and carers to ensure accurate information is captured.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and report on progress and provide management information on request.
• Participate in meetings to discuss service developments and improvements.
• Support continuous service improvement through better use of systems, processes and people.
• Meet targets and contribute to the overall effectiveness of the Financial Assessments service.

Skills

Self-motivation

Planning & prioritising

Teamwork

Independent working

Travel willingness

Flexibility in approach

Job description

North Northamptonshire Adult Social Care is seeking to recruit a Financial Assessments Officer to join the Financial Assessments Team. You will be working at the forefront of best practice, playing a key role in delivering the Financial Assessments service for Council's vulnerable adult customers. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and motivated individual and relish challenges to continually improve the way we work through the best use of our shared services systems, processes, and people.What will you be doing? You will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on your progress, providing in depth management information when requested and strive to meet set targets You will be required to actively participate in meetings and discussions in respect of service developments and improvements. We embrace new ideas and are always looking at how we can improve our service to maximise its full potential., Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are: Customer-focused Respectful Efficient Supportive Trustworthy Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

To be successful you will need:

• to be self-motivating with a track record of being able to plan and prioritise your own workload.
• to be able to work effectively within a team and on your own.
• to be able to effectively travel across North Northamptonshire.
• to have the ability to be flexible in your approach in supporting vulnerable adults and their carers to ensure accurate information is captured.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

In exchange for your expertise, experience, and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development. in addition to providing a wide range of employment linked benefits, we will provide you with competitive annual leave and access to an excellent pension scheme.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we're transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people. You'll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us? We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.