Financial Inclusion Officer (Assessments)

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You will provide residents, community groups, 3rd party organisations and staff with free, impartial, and independent Social Security and debt advice. You role is to maximise client income and carry out financial assessments, by providing advice and assistance to ensure income from Social Security is maximised as well as provide basic advice and assistance on debt management, budgeting, and managing on a low income.

Your main tasks will be to carry out financial assessments for residents receiving non-personal community care, ensuring that their incomes are fully maximised, by identifying and helping to apply for any Social Security entitlements.

Experience of working with benefit providers and knowledge of the Social Security system are essential.  You will be expected to work as part of a team and to use your initiative to complete tasks within agreed time scales. 

You will be expected to take part and contribute to team meetings, training events, and benefit uptake campaigns

East Renfrewshire Council has launched a new 15 year Community Planning Partnership vision called ‘A Place to Grow’.  Please follow this link https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/placetogrow to watch a video and read our full plan which sets out our shared hopes and aspirations between now and 2040 so that East Renfrewshire is a place where everyone can flourish, thrive and grow.

*Depending upon the needs of the service, staff in Hybrid roles will typically work from home for up to 40-60% of the time where the needs of the service can still be met.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Check.

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences.  Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Please note East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

As an employer, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our employees.

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