Deputyship and Appointeeship Officer

Job description

Contract Terms

Contract Type: Full -Time, Permanent
Salary: SO1 £37,068 – £38,058 per annum
Interview: 1st May 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 20th April 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

As a Deputyship and Appointeeship Officer you will work as part of the Deputyship & Appointeeship Team. You will administer the Councils Deputyship and Department for Work and Pensions Appointeeship application process and managing income where the Council has been appointed and maintain client records. You will also be required to provide professional support service to the Adult Social Services Teams.

About you

You will need to demonstrate: Knowledge of the role of Office of the Public Guardian, Court of Protection and Department for Work and Pensions. An understanding of safeguarding would be desirable. Ability to communicate effectively with both clients and a broad range of internal departments and external agencies. Commitment to providing a high quality of service to a diverse community.

You will have experience working with complex appointeeship and court of protection cases, the management of finances. You will need to demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively and sensitively as this post requires contact with residents and a broad range of organisations. You will also need the ability to manage a demanding workload, setting clear priorities and delivering to challenging performance targets is also essential.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. 

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may end be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk