Are you looking for a new opportunity in a team management role?
Then we would love to hear from you!
About the role:
Our team delivers the financial support functions for Adult Social Care at Gloucestershire County Council. Our role is an important part of supporting the care sector by delivering an efficient, accurate and consistent service to the people we support and their families.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Deferred Payments and Property Monitoring Officer in our team. The role is to lead and manage a small, specialist team who are responsible for:
Accurately and efficiently processing Deferred Payment Agreements for people we support who pay for chargeable social care services
Obtaining official property valuations
Monitoring debts to ensure they do not exceed property valuations
Monitoring disregarded properties to ensure that those disregards are still valid
This is a line manager role which includes overseeing the day-to-day work of the team, recruitment, appraisals and performance management.
For individuals who are eager to grow in leadership and management but need the support and development to get there, there will be a requirement to undertake a Level 5 Leadership and Management apprenticeship (equivalent to a Higher National Diploma) as part of this role. You’ll spend 80% of your time working in a real-world environment, applying what you’ve learned, and 20% studying to gain the necessary qualifications. You will be fully supported throughout the apprenticeship by your manager and Gloucestershire County Council’s Apprenticeship and Adult Education Teams. The apprenticeship starting salary is £25,692 per annum in recognition of the 80:20 mix of work and study required.
The post is based at Shire Hall in Gloucester. We offer flexible working with a mix of office and home working. There is free, off-site parking when working in the office.
About you:
You will already have sound knowledge of Land Registry and their procedures for placing legal charges, as well as the legal processes surrounding deferred payments within chargeable social care services. You will also have experience of working in a financial setting.
You will ideally have line management or supervisory experience or be willing to commit to an apprenticeship to develop this.
You will have experience of dealing with members of the public, preferably in the social care or health sector, and an appreciation of the needs of users of social care services.
You will be highly IT literate in Microsoft packages, SharePoint and the internet, with a good working knowledge of relevant financial procedures.
You can understand complex information and calculations and are able to translate this clearly for the people you support.
About us:
This is a great time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as Adult Social Care is on an exciting innovation journey, which focuses our approach into being more creative, strengths-based and person-centred, to ensure that we work together to ‘Make the Difference’ to our local communities.
Gloucestershire County Council provides the following rewards package in return for your hard work:
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to training and workshops so you can develop your skills
• Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)