About Us At Hounslow We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before. About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form. Our Benefits About The Role This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Direct Payments Team as a Direct Payments Officer. In this role, you will be dealing with vulnerable adults, children, and families, supporting them to understand Direct Payments, dealing with referrals to setup care packages and regular monitoring of the care packages and accounts. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in all areas of direct payments. About The Team You’ll Be Working In Direct Payments Team supports people to exercise choice and control in planning how they will use their Direct Payments, by providing them with clear advice and information and/or helping them to arrange services so that they manage their Direct Payments effectively. Direct Payments Team deals with and respond promptly to enquiries from Social Care staff, other teams, residents/, carers, children and their families/representatives, service providers or members of the public prioritising and progressing appropriately. To implement principles of customer care in relation to services provided by the department and complaints from customers in line with the Council's complaints procedure. About You You will manage your work effectively, in compliance with relevant procedures and systems, referrals received by the Direct Payments Team from Adults, Children and Health. You will support people in planning for greater independence and improved outcomes, this will involve visiting residents, carers, children and families in their homes and/or at a suitable agreed place. You will ensure residents and their Carer’s are aware of the range of options available to them for purchasing their own care and employing private Personal Assistants. You will support and provide advice on all aspects of recruiting in line with employment law, including checking their right to work status, setting up payroll, Liability Insurance, DBS checks etc. Scrutinise individual direct payment accounts to check that direct payment usage complies with support plans and agreed outcomes including identifying non-compliance by residents/Carers and families. You will work closely with your colleagues, social workers and managers to assist in bringing about necessary improvements. You will work under pressure, be self-motivated, plan organise and prioritise own caseload, communicate effectively with a wide range of professional including Social Workers, Health Care Residents, Carers, Families, and care providers, respect and relate positively with people of different cultural backgrounds. To have awareness of current legislation relevant to the Direct Payment and the Care Act. If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application: Support improvements and positive outcomes for vulnerable residents. Some understanding and knowledge of the Direct Payments to deliver a seamless service to vulnerable residents/Children/carers. Some understanding of the complexities of direct payments, and their application including legislation, recruitment, payroll, disputes etc. Able to use IT packages inc. Agresso, Controcc for setting up payments, manage and reconcile spend to support with monitoring residents/carers and children’s Direct Payment accounts. Awareness and ability to identify Safeguarding issues. Enhanced DBS check is required. When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact: Email:Directpayments@hounslow.gov.uk Telephone:0208 583 3051 Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 9th June 2025. About The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact: Email:Directpayments@hounslow.gov.uk Telephone:0208 583 3051 Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 9th June 2025.. Location : Hounslow, England, United Kingdom