Financial Protection Services

If you are unable to look after your finances yourself, are a current client of Adult Social Care and have no friends or family to help, then your Care Manager can ask for the Financial Protection Team to help you.


The main purpose of the Financial Protection Team is to assist clients who are unable to manage their own financial affairs and have no-one that will take on this role for them. The clients may lack capacity or be subject to financial abuse.

This assistance can vary depending on the individual client and can range from payment of residential fees and ensuring they receive their personal allowance, to investing and securing funds, arranging the sale of property and investing capital to ensure the best return for the client.

The Financial Protection Team can act on behalf of a client under: