Financial Wellbeing Service Officer

Region: National

Based: Hybrid working model (office and home-based), successful applicant must be able to

travel throughout Scotland as required.

Salary: £33,561

Hours: 36 hours per week

Closing date for applications: Friday 14 August at noon.

Interviews: w/c Monday 24 August, Scottish Huntington’s Association National Office, Paisley

We are looking for an experienced Financial Wellbeing Officer to ensure families impacted by

Huntington’s Disease have support and advice to access their rights and entitlements.

Are you looking for a role in which you will help to improve the lives of families across

Scotland? One that encourages you to share your expertise, build new skills and feel valued by

colleagues, clients and the organisation you work for?

This is an exciting time to join Scottish Huntington’s Association as we continue to implement

Standing Tall: A Strategy For Growth 2023 – 28 to transform the care and support of

Huntington’s families.

It comes as the charity continues to build support for its essential work in partnership with

statutory and other major funding organisations, a growing army of volunteer fundraisers, and

with MPs/MSPs from across all political parties.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated and takes great pride in the work

they do. With experience working in advice services to deliver welfare rights, money advice and

future planning services to families impacted by Huntington’s Disease in Scotland. You will

work with the Financial Wellbeing Service Lead in addition to our HD Specialists and Specialist

Youth Advisors across Scotland.

About Scottish Huntington’s Association

People impacted by Huntington’s disease need specialist services to cope with a severe and

complex disease, the impact on families and a lack of awareness amongst health and social care

providers and the wider public.

Scottish Huntington’s Association is the only charity in the country exclusively dedicated to

providing expert and personalised support for those impacted by Huntington’s disease.

Our personalised support reduces unnecessary hospital admissions, supports carers and other

family members; lowers household poverty; and alleviates wellbeing risks to children and young

people living in Huntington’s families.

We are commissioned by NHS Boards and Health and Social Care Partnerships throughout the

country to share our expertise with front line staff and build support for improved services and

higher standards of care for every family impacted by this devastating disease.

About Huntington’s disease

Huntington’s disease is caused by an inherited faulty gene that damages the brain over time.

People with the disease can eventually lose the ability to walk, talk, eat, drink and care for

themselves, requiring specialist support from those who understand the condition.

The disease is genetic, meaning it is passed down from one generation to the next. It therefore

impacts entire families over generations rather than individuals alone. Anyone with a parent who

has Huntington’s has a 50% risk of inheriting the condition from them.

Around 800 people in Scotland are living with the symptoms of Huntington’s disease right now. A

further 3,200 are estimated to be at risk of developing Huntington’s disease as a result of

inheriting the faulty gene.

What we offer

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Increasing annual leave days to recognise long service (after 4 years)
• Contribution pension scheme
• A flexible hybrid approach to work
• Regular supervision

How to apply

Please complete our Application Form to tell us about who you are and your experience/impact

in previous or current roles.

You will find the Application Form, more information and the downloadable Equal Opportunities

Monitoring Form in the vacancies section of our website at https://hdscotland.org/get-involved/work-for-us/

Email your application, including the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, with a subject line of

Financial Wellbeing Service Officer to recruitment@hdscotland.org.

Scottish Huntington’s Association is committed to promoting equal opportunities in

employment.

Downloads

• Job Description
• Person Specification
• Application Form
• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
• Competency Guidance for Applicants

Registered with and regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator No: SC010985. Scottish Huntington’s

Association is a wholly Scottish charity and is registered in Scotland as a company No: 121496. Registered Office:

Business First, Burnbrae Road, Paisley, PA1 2FB