Financial Co-Ordinator (Debt Recovery) 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 (Debt Recovery) job to ensure the efficient recovery of outstanding historic Adult Social Care debt resulting from clients failing to complete the required payments towards their care; applying the recovery regulations and legislation. 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. Brighter Future www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/employee-benefits.aspx The Financial Co-ordinator (Debt Recovery) manages the debt recovery processes for Adult Social Care historic debt cases which are entrenched and require further, more intensive, work to resolve. This will involve negotiating repayment plans, escalating to senior officers and Legal Services where debts persist for initiation to court proceedings and/or write-off. The negotiation of debt recovery packages will require home visits, the checking of individual personal financial information to re-assess individual's ability to pay towards care services make "part payments" or to assess debt write-off eligibility where possible and the work will require probate investigations and liaison with executors. 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 two Financial Co-ordinator (Debt Recovery) positions available One in Crewe and one in Macclesfield. For more information about these roles please contact Karen Newton karenf.newtoncheshireeast.gov.uk 01270 375333 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. For any technical enquiries please email sourcingteamecwip.co.uk Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.