Senior Direct Payments Support Officer

Senior Direct Payments Support Officer
Tower Hamlets
35/hr
Start date: ASAP

AKTON Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for a Senior Direct Payments Support Officer in the Tower Hamlets area. DBS Enhanced check required.

Job Purpose:

• Implementation projects and priorities that are relevant to direct payments and provide a lead role for the service regarding policy, procedure, and knowledge in those areas.
• To provide line management support to staff employed within the direct payment support service. To co-ordinate a range of information and performance data to enable effective reporting of key performance indicators for the service. To take a lead co-ordination role in facilitating the growth of the local supply of personal assistants by promoting care as a career.
• Work within a wider service to provide a range of advice, support, and guidance to TH residents in receipt of social care and/or health funding including direct payments and personal health budgets. This will include supporting residents to develop skills to manage their own social care and/or health funding via the use of a direct payment or personal health budget, and promote living independently in the community.
• To co-ordinate a duty Direct Payments service, ensuring advice, information, and support is available to residents, practitioners, and other stakeholders
• Work collaboratively with the wider operational management team for the service to achieve service and directorate objectives.
• To carry out all duties in a flexible manner, this may involve occasional evenings, weekends and public holidays in order to meet service requirements