Financial Co-ordinator

Financial Co-ordinator

The Care Act gives local authorities the power to charge for services for care and support when providing Adult Social Care. The overarching principle is that people should only be required to pay what they can afford. People will be entitled to funding from their local authority based on a means-test and some will be entitled to free care.

It is the Financial Co-ordinators job to apply the Council’s financial and charging policies adopted from The Care Act guidance and principles when deciding the client’s contribution. They gather all appropriate information and advice families through the financial assessment process.

Organisation Cheshire East Council Location Macclesfield Job Category Administration Grade CEC NJC - Grade 6 Salary Min £26,421 Per Annum Salary Max £28,770 Per Annum Hours per week 37 Weeks per year 52.143 Employment Type Fixed Term Contract Duration 12 Months Closing Date 07 / 07 / 2024 Ref No E2602 Documents

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Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

The Financial Co-ordinator applies the Council’s financial and charging policies for Adult Social Care clients through the delivery of efficient and effective information and advice. They assess a customers’ ability to pay towards care services provided, monitoring and preventing debt, provide welfare benefit advice and assistance to maximise household and individual income, underpin the Services’ Direct Payment offer and provide robust support, information and advice. The successful applicants will need to demonstrate they are enthusiastic, reliable, good communicator who works on their own initiative and as part of a team. They will be dealing with people financial information, therefore a high level of accuracy and a good attention to detail is essential.

We have one Financial Co-ordinator position available in the East of the borough, based at Macclesfield Town Hall on a 12-month contract.

Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk / spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.

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