Deputyship Officer

The Deputyship Service is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Deputyship Officer to manage a caseload of both DWP Appointeeship and Court of Protection Deputyship cases. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable adults who are unable to manage their own financial affairs due to mental incapacity. As a Deputyship Officer, you will play a vital role in safeguarding people's finances, promoting their independence, and ensuring their best interests are always at the heart of decision-making. Managing a diverse caseload of approximately 50 individuals, you will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day financial affairs, ensuring clients receive the correct welfare benefits and entitlements, manage savings and assets, and authorising expenditure that supports their wellbeing and quality of life. You will need to balance competing demands while maintaining a highly organised and person-centred approach. Working closely with clients, families, care providers, and colleagues across Adult Social Care, you will help develop sustainable spending plans that support independence while ensuring finances are managed responsibly. Strong communication skills, sound judgement, and excellent attention to detail are essential, as the people you support depend on you to manage their affairs accurately and effectively. You will join an established, supportive, and skilled team, working collaboratively with colleagues across Adult Social Care and Nottingham Care and Support Providers to deliver an invaluable service to some of the city's most vulnerable residents. If you are looking for a meaningful career where you can combine financial administration, legal and technical knowledge, problem-solving, advocacy, and relationship-building to improve people's lives, we would love to hear from you.

• A high level of numeracy and attention to detail.
• The ability to manage a varied caseload relating to citizens' financial affairs, making informed decisions, solving problems, and using initiative to work independently.
• Experience of working with vulnerable adults, with the ability to advocate effectively and ensure decisions are made in their best interests.
• Knowledge of welfare benefits, with the willingness and capability to develop this into specialist-level expertise.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and build positive, productive relationships with colleagues, professionals, and partner organisations across different sectors
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
• You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council ., Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.