No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Assessor

Why Southwark?

We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

What You'll Be Doing

The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) team for those committed to making Southwark a safer and healthier place to live, work and visit.

Based in Southwark Council’s No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) team, and reporting to the NRPF Team Leader, you will be responsible for assessing clients that approach the council for support.

Your leadership of a rigorous assessment processes will ensure that those in genuine need receive support, whilst safeguarding the Council against abuses of public funds.

In this challenging and rewarding role, you will lead a team responsible for verifying applications for support from NRPF households.

You will investigate each client’s circumstances to substantiate claims in accordance with the team’s policies and procedures and against relevant legislation.

Working with social care colleagues you will ensure that, where appropriate, assessments of social care needs are undertaken.

What We're Looking For

About You:

We require someone that can manage a caseload of clients to ensure cases are kept under regular review and keep abreast of developments in policy and legislation.

The ideal candidate will be able to assist the NRPF Team Leader to prepare reports and statistics on service performance for internal management reporting and contribute towards cross-departmental projects for people subject to immigration control and on initiatives to reduce fraud.

Additional Information

Close date: Sunday 20 July 2025

Interview date: tbc

This is Fixed term contract for 12 months

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans

- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care

- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

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