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Closing Date: Thursday, 2 January, 2025 - 23:45
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Part Time (30 hours)
Location: Bristol
Details of Role:
We are excited to be recruiting an Asylum and Refugees Intensive Support Worker to work alongside this established team within 1625 Independent People. As a member of the Asylum & Refugee Team, you will have the opportunity to support young asylum seekers settle into life in the UK. This is your chance to make a positive difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in our society.
We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from minoritised ethnic groups, Muslim and male candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people with relevant lived experience.
If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.
Who are we?
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip, we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.
What you will be doing:
* Developing individual support plans that promote the development of independent living skills including accommodation, EET and wellbeing.
* Exploring proactively move-on options with young people as you support them toward accessing and sustaining suitable alternative accommodation.
* Working with other involved professionals to support young Asylum Seekers through the process of seeking leave to remain in the UK.
* Undertaking a host of housing management tasks including preparing properties for letting, and health and safety checks to ensure the safety of young people, colleagues, and properties.
You will be in the Asylum & Refugees Intensive Support team based within the wider South Gloucestershire team and your line manager will be the Asylum and Refugees (Intensive Support) Team Leader.
If you have transferable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role.
* Hours per week: 30 hours per week (this represents a 0.8 full-time equivalent (FTE) role)
* Contract type: permanent
* Pay: £31,067 - £32,654 (pro rata based on 0.8 FTE)
* The location: Based in 1625ip’s office in Old Market, Bristol or in Patchway, South Gloucestershire, with an ability to work from other locations in Bristol and occasionally from home.
A few benefits at 1625ip:
* A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays.
* Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF.
* A supportive and approachable team with an emphasis on colleague wellbeing.
* “I feel grateful to work here every day! The work feels useful and worthwhile, and I feel like I am able to make a difference for our young people” (From Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2023).
* “I couldn’t be happier with the opportunities and support I have received in my career progression that has led me to my dream job!”
* 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer.
* Application deadline closes: 23:59, Thursday 02 January 2025.
* If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Monday 06 January 2025, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
* Interviews are on Monday 13 January 2025.
How to Apply:
* You will be asked to answer 5 questions at the end of the Word application form. These are required to ensure your application can be shortlisted.
* Please note the online e-application form cannot be saved so we recommend you prepare your Word application form before you start filling in the e-form.
* Please get in touch with us if a hard copy of the application form would be preferred. We will organise a time for you to collect it from and return it to Kingsley Hall (our main office in Old Market).
Equitable opportunities for everyone:
We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications.
As an organisation who safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Successful candidates will need to provide our organisation with sufficient documentation to prove ID. We comply fully with the DBS code of practice and undertake to treat all applications for positions fairly.
We also pride ourselves on being an equitable opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We have committed to being a Disability Confident Employer, and have made the Menopause Workplace, Mental Health at Work, and Bristol Equality Charter pledges.
Please see our Policies section on the website for further information.
Contact Person:
Contact Email:
Contact Phone: 0117 317 8800
Postal Address: Kingsley Hall, 59 Old Market Street, Bristol, BS2 0ER
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