Charging & Payments Assistant (6 posts)

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our new Charging & Payments Team as a Charging & Payments Assistant.

West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership is responsible for ensuring that we raise charges where people are assessed as being eligible to contribute to the cost of their care and support in a fair and equitable way. The Charging and Payments Team is a new team which assesses the eligibility for charges and processes charges for all residential and non-residential care packages. The team also looks after various payment runs which are set up to pay our commissioned service providers across the Health and Social Care Partnership.

The role of the Charging & Payments Assistant is to provide high quality finance administration support in relation to residential and non-residential services. Our Charging & Payments Assistants will be responsible for completing financial transactional processes across all service areas. This is a fast paced role that offers variety, opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.

If you have a person centred approach to working with those residing within West Dunbartonshire, have a background in administration and finance within residential and/or non-residential services and have excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel then we'd love to hear from you.

For more information about the role and the Charging and Payments Team, please contact Neil McKechnie by email at neil.mckechnie@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Requirements

The preferred candidate will be required to complete a Level 1 Disclosure check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.

The Individual

The successful candidate will benefit from the following:

WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance. In addition to this there are also additional benefits:

• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
• Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support
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