Financial Assessment Officer

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom tower Hamlets Full time

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**Financial Assessment Officer - 12 month FTC Maternity Cover**:
**Role Purpose**

Tower Hamlets is one of the fastest growing, culturally vibrant, and diverse areas in the country and as a council we are continuously striving to provide the highest quality services for our residents.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, hardworking, self-motivated, and committed individual to join the Financial Assessment team within the Resource Directorate and bring their skills and knowledge of residential/nursing and charging community-based services. This position is to cover maternity leave for a period of 12-month on a Fixed Term Contract.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Responsible for conducting a means tested financial assessment of the financial affairs of clients who are eligible for Residential, Nursing, Extra care, and Non-Residential services to determine their ability to contribute towards the cost of the care being provided in line with the Care Act 2014.

**Requirements**:

- Knowledge and or understanding of the Department for Works and Pension criteria for accessing appropriate State Benefits is required.
- Manage high volumes and conflicting priorities.
- Strong numerical and IT skills.
- Providing guidance and support with Financial Assessment cases to Social Workers, Health Professionals, Clients, and their Representatives.
- Demonstrate a variety of communication skills to ensure the best interests of our clients are always managed.
- Working in a systematic and methodical way.

**What we Offer**
- Generous annual leave allowance.
- Hybrid working - a minimum of 2 days working the office
- Learning and Development opportunities.
- And much more.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.

**Files**: AMENDED-JDPS-TEMPLATE-NEW-June-2021.pdf

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