Caseworker - Refugee Support
- Recruiter
- BRITISH RED CROSS-11
- Location
- Leicester
- Salary
- 19590.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 25 Feb 2021
- Closes
- 28 Feb 2021
- Sectors
- Education & Teaching, Support
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Location: Leicester, temporarily working from home due to COVID-19
Contract type: Fixed Term until 31st December 2021
Hours: 35 hours per week (Full-time - working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm but flexible working arrangements can be discussed)
Salary:GBP19,590 per annum pro rata (salary includes market supplement of GBP1,887 per annum)
Could you support the lives of refugees in the Leicester area?
We are looking for a Caseworker to join our refugee support team on a fixed term basis.
What you will be doing
The refugee support service is a busy service which provided casework support and humanitarian assistance to over 2,300 service users in 2020. We are looking for a dynamic, hardworking and flexible caseworker to help deliver critical casework and destitution support to those in need during this pandemic and to enable those granted refugee status and leave to remain to move on, rebuild their lives and integrate into their local community.
As part of the Refugee Support and Restoring Family Links team, you will be responsible for delivering casework services for refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants in the Leicester area. You will undertake a range of duties designed to develop, maintain, and promote the service as outlined in the job profile attached. This is a diverse team of staff and volunteers.
In this role you will provide high quality, person-centred, support to refugee's in the area. You will support service users to access essential services and become familiar with their local area through the provision of information, advice, advocacy and practical help. You will also work with service users to help them assess their needs, identify personal goals, and develop and implement casework action plans.
This rewarding role might be for you if....
You have experience of delivering casework with vulnerable clients and can collaboratively work with cross-agency partnerships.
You understand issues relating to asylum seekers, refugees, and other vulnerable migrants.
You are IT literate, a strong communicator with the ability to adapt your communication based on the audience and have experience in providing sensitive, safe, and empowering support to distressed people in vulnerable situations.
Please view the attached job description, person specification for full list of duties, responsibilities, and criteria.
The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Monday 1st march 2021 with interviews to follow via zoom.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits; these include:
36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) - pro rata for fixed-term roles
Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
Up to 6% contributory pension
Flexible working policy
A little bit more about us...
The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we're there when you need us.
Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination.
Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.
At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.
In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.
If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation's Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.
As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.
If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy.
The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).
Follow us on and on LinkedIn - British Red Cross, to hear about our latest job vacancies.
Connecting human kindness with human crisis
Contract type: Fixed Term until 31st December 2021
Hours: 35 hours per week (Full-time - working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm but flexible working arrangements can be discussed)
Salary:GBP19,590 per annum pro rata (salary includes market supplement of GBP1,887 per annum)
Could you support the lives of refugees in the Leicester area?
We are looking for a Caseworker to join our refugee support team on a fixed term basis.
What you will be doing
The refugee support service is a busy service which provided casework support and humanitarian assistance to over 2,300 service users in 2020. We are looking for a dynamic, hardworking and flexible caseworker to help deliver critical casework and destitution support to those in need during this pandemic and to enable those granted refugee status and leave to remain to move on, rebuild their lives and integrate into their local community.
As part of the Refugee Support and Restoring Family Links team, you will be responsible for delivering casework services for refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants in the Leicester area. You will undertake a range of duties designed to develop, maintain, and promote the service as outlined in the job profile attached. This is a diverse team of staff and volunteers.
In this role you will provide high quality, person-centred, support to refugee's in the area. You will support service users to access essential services and become familiar with their local area through the provision of information, advice, advocacy and practical help. You will also work with service users to help them assess their needs, identify personal goals, and develop and implement casework action plans.
This rewarding role might be for you if....
You have experience of delivering casework with vulnerable clients and can collaboratively work with cross-agency partnerships.
You understand issues relating to asylum seekers, refugees, and other vulnerable migrants.
You are IT literate, a strong communicator with the ability to adapt your communication based on the audience and have experience in providing sensitive, safe, and empowering support to distressed people in vulnerable situations.
Please view the attached job description, person specification for full list of duties, responsibilities, and criteria.
The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Monday 1st march 2021 with interviews to follow via zoom.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits; these include:
36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) - pro rata for fixed-term roles
Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
Up to 6% contributory pension
Flexible working policy
A little bit more about us...
The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we're there when you need us.
Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination.
Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.
At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.
In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.
If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation's Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.
As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.
If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy.
The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).
Follow us on and on LinkedIn - British Red Cross, to hear about our latest job vacancies.
Connecting human kindness with human crisis