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Public Health Funerals Officer
| Posting date: | 24 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | £31,716 to £35,862 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 November 2024 |
| Location: | SW1P 2EB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Westminster City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | WCC618958 |
Summary
The Role:
As Public Health Funerals Officer in our Mortality Management team, you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. Taking responsibility for our Client Financial Affairs function, including all aspects of property protection and the arrangement of public funerals, it’ll be your task to ensure appropriate contact with relatives, the implementation of funeral wishes and the administration of estates. This will involve meeting with service users, the relatives of deceased people, service providers and solicitors.
We’ll expect you to carry out searches of deceased clients’ homes in order to determine the existence of a will, the financial position and next of kin, and decide on the most appropriate funeral. This will depend on legal, religious and cultural requirements, the financial and contractual constraints, and the source for funding, and you’ll also assess if the criteria for a Council funeral or property protection are met. You’ll then create client files to ensure all actions are accurately recorded, refer the case to the funeral contractor, and negotiate and agree the cost. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring effective liaison with Government departments and other external agencies.
For all Council arranged funerals, you’ll be responsible for informing the relevant agencies of the death of the client, settle the funeral account and any other bills, end tenancies and return keys to landlords. We’ll also expect you to claim credits due to the estate and any expenses due to the Council, liaise with solicitors appointed by the deceased, their executor or next of kin, and on receipt of the appropriate authority, hand over any property held by the Council.
As Public Health Funerals Officer in our Mortality Management team, you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. Taking responsibility for our Client Financial Affairs function, including all aspects of property protection and the arrangement of public funerals, it’ll be your task to ensure appropriate contact with relatives, the implementation of funeral wishes and the administration of estates. This will involve meeting with service users, the relatives of deceased people, service providers and solicitors.
We’ll expect you to carry out searches of deceased clients’ homes in order to determine the existence of a will, the financial position and next of kin, and decide on the most appropriate funeral. This will depend on legal, religious and cultural requirements, the financial and contractual constraints, and the source for funding, and you’ll also assess if the criteria for a Council funeral or property protection are met. You’ll then create client files to ensure all actions are accurately recorded, refer the case to the funeral contractor, and negotiate and agree the cost. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring effective liaison with Government departments and other external agencies.
For all Council arranged funerals, you’ll be responsible for informing the relevant agencies of the death of the client, settle the funeral account and any other bills, end tenancies and return keys to landlords. We’ll also expect you to claim credits due to the estate and any expenses due to the Council, liaise with solicitors appointed by the deceased, their executor or next of kin, and on receipt of the appropriate authority, hand over any property held by the Council.
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