Financial Assessment Assistant

5 months ago


Dorchester, United Kingdom Dorset Council Full time

**About The Role**:
You will be:

- Booking financial assessments for the financial assessment officers
- Ensuring we have received correctly completed, signed paperwork from members of the public
- Managing spreadsheets of data
- Allocating work to the financial assessment officers
- Working closely with social workers to resolve outstanding issues
- Taking calls from members of the public with queries
- Dealing with the post and the printing

This role is critical in helping members of the public to prepare for their financial assessments and ensuring that assessment officers are able to use their time efficiently to assist as many applicants as possible.

**Further Information**:
You will be joining a friendly and supportive team and the role is key in supporting users of social care and their families to understand the financial contribution they may need to make once it has been agreed that they have eligible social care needs. You will be one of three financial assessment assistants who all work closely together, supporting the wider team.

The post is based at County Hall in Dorchester, though the post holder may be able to work from home some of the time if they wish, once they have received their initial training.

Interviews will be on Friday 28th June.

**About Us**:
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

Find out more about how to apply.



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