Finance And Monitoring Officer Job in Wembley, London

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Finance And Monitoring Officer Job in Wembley, London

Job Description
Our local authority client has a 3-month contract vacancy (with the possibility of extension) for the role of a FINANCE AND MONITORING OFFICER, details as follows

Job Purpose

To assist in the day to day operation of the Direct Payment Service in Brent and offer practical assistance to service users and families, who may be considering Direct Payment or using a direct payment to meet their Care needs
To financially monitor and reconcile service user accounts and undertake clawback exercise to return direct payments funds that have not been used, whilst highlighting any concerns regarding misuse of direct payment funds.
To organise and arrange payment of Service user timesheets and load individual client pre-paid accounts with their Direct Payment funds.Responsibilities

Promote use of direct payments as a method of meeting service user care needs and enable people to use direct payments to organise and manage their own support packages.
To explain direct payments clearly and provide appropriate and accessible information and ensure that people are able to make informed choices about direct payments, and reassure them that direct payments is a viable way to meet care needs.
Advice and support service user in the administering their direct payment and enforce clear audit process for monitoring accounts
To be responsible for obtaining collating and monitoring direct payments accounts and preparing reports for monitoring meetings.
Ability to communicate with a variety of different professionals both within the Council and the wider community, whilst managing general direct payment.
To support the delivery of direct payments service by creating and supporting the used of both prepaid card accounts and online systems to manage direct payment funds.
To foster good working relationships with payroll and any other organisations that will support in the delivery of the direct payments and use computer systems available at the Council to complete these tasks.
To deliver the service in accordance with current legislation and provide service users with clear and concise information in a format they can understand.Essential Requirements

Minimum GCSE level English and Maths or equivalent through relevant experience/training.
NVQ in Advice and Guidance level 2 or relative qualification to post
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word packages and the ability to effectively use a range of IT systems and application.
Direct Payment and community care services or equivalent level of experience
Previous experience of working with vulnerable people in a social care context
Previous experience of face to face interactions with customer
Previous experience of providing advice and information.
Experience of report writing and representation at meetings.If you have the necessary experience and qualifications to fulfill this role, please submit your CV ASAP

Job Type: Contract, Full Time
Location: Wembley, London
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Wembley
County: Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £15 – £19/hour (PAYE – Umbrella)
Benefits: PAYE – Umbrella)