Refugee Integration Worker

6 months ago

East Midlands, United Kingdom Upbeat Communities Full time

**Refugee Integration Worker (Derbyshire or Lincolnshire)**

**RESPONSIBLE TO: Resettlement Manager**
**LOCATION: Derbyshire or Lincolnshire**
**HOURS: 37.5 hours**
**SALARY: £25,660 - 26,686**
**CONTRACT: 18 months **(with the potential for extension)

**About You.**
Are you a **passionate advocate**, ensuring those you work with can access the right support and entitlements?
Do you **understand the rights** of those recently arrived in the UK through both asylum and resettlement routes regarding benefits, healthcare, schooling, and housing?
Are you **committed to empowerment, **recognising the importance it plays in the lives of refugees as they rebuild their lives?
Are you **comfortable travelling** across the region to support families integrate in their local community?
Are you an **excellent planner**, able to work to tight deadlines, whilst being comfortable with change and flexibility?
Are you committed to **standing alongside refugees**, providing welcome and support as they rebuild their lives as well as **listening** and **learning** from those who remain resilient in the face of great difficulty?

We are looking for a new team member who can provide support to refugee families across Derbyshire and/or Lincolnshire (depending on your location). Due to the nature of the work, you would need to hold a full UK driving licence, have access to a car, and be willing to travel to visit families, as well as attend team meetings in Derby.

**Purpose of the role**:

- Assisting in the resettlement of vulnerable refugees and Afghan evacuees through the provision of advice, guidance, and support.

**Context of the role.**
Upbeat Communities delivers several services to welcome refugees and support them to rebuild their lives. We are looking to recruit an Integration Worker who will offer support working on the refugee resettlement scheme.

This role requires working within a fast-paced and dynamic environment to manage a caseload of participants' families, with a lot of travel across the county.

**About us.**
Upbeat Communities was founded in response to the needs of refugees arriving in the UK and the stories they shared of their lives and their journeys. Through building relationships with those from refugee communities we were able to identify their needs and the best ways to respond.

One of the best resources a refugee can have to help them settle in their new home is a good social network. Relationships and connectedness can help overcome the many challenges faced by those seeking refuge. With this aim, we want to help connect refugees into community.

Our name reflects our vision to see thriving, positive communities where refugees can contribute and make the most of opportunities.

We greet new arrivals with our **Welcome Boxes **befriendingproject. We offer free **English classes **and **community activities **to help refugees (adults and children) integrate. We empower refugees to rebuild their lives through **Host Derby **(temporary accommodation), **mentoring **(careers guidance) and the **UK Refugee Resettlement Scheme**, which local authorities contract us to deliver. We also empower the local community through awareness raising.

Our organisational values, lived out by our staff and volunteers, are:
**We work to WELCOME. We create COMMUNITY. We are inspired to act with INTEGRITY. We exist to EMPOWER. We are committed to CREATIVITY. We run on RELATIONSHIPS. We are proud to be PROFESSIONAL. We have COMPASSION at our core.**

Upbeat Communities' Christian ethos is the driving force behind why we were started and the basis for the values that we hold as a charity. Jesus's primary message was 'to love your neighbour as you love yourselves'. We seek to embody this by showing love and compassion to refugees who have been displaced by war, conflict or persecution. Many of our team are Christians but we are eager to build a team that is representative of the diverse nationalities, faiths, and life experiences of the communities we work with.

**Main duties and responsibilities**:

- Support the arrival and welcome of refugees and evacuees being resettled in Lincolnshire through initial reception and orientation.
- Promote the integration and independence of all those arriving through the Resettlement schemes
- Provide advice and support to individuals on benefits, housing, health, education, employment, and any other appropriate services required as part of the resettlement process; through home visits, outreach sessions, and attending appointments.
- Accompany individuals and families to appointments as required e.g. opticians, dentists
- Encourage and support families to engage in community activities, and work towards integration and independence.
- Develop and maintain a supportive and empowering relationships founded on mutual respect, trust and the strengths of individuals.
- Communicate information to participants clearly and promptly, through the use of interpreters where required.
- Liaise w

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