Benefit Assessor Full Time Temporary

Benefit Assessor needed in Ellesmere Port paying £25.00 per hr  PAYE Ref:5194348

This role is full time on a temporary basis

Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for processing all work allocated to them by the Benefit Team Leaders, in accordance with the Services stated performance indicators and office procedures.
• To undertake work on the assessment of all types of Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB), applications, including applications from students, the self employed, all types of tenures, overpayment calculations and underlying entitlement, initial investigation on complaints, verifying claims to an agreed standard.
• Maintain customer’s records accurately via the on-line computer systems, complying with Data Protection, Freedom of Information and other security standards.
• To give accurate advice to customers, promoting take up of Housing and Council Tax Benefits and other welfare benefits, and to ensure that customers receive the maximum amounts of benefits and additional income they are entitled to.
• Identify and initiate recovery of overpaid benefits and classify each overpayment for subsidy purposes

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

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