Sessional Worker

3 weeks ago


Bedford, United Kingdom Bedford Borough Council Full time

**General information**:
**Reference **:002494

**Closing Date **:19/06/2023

**Service Area**:
**Directorate**:
Children's Services

**Service Area**:
Early Help & Intervention

**Vacancy Details**:
**Category**:
Education - Education, SEND & Schools - All

**Job Title**:
Sessional Worker (Resettled Families)

**Grade**:
BBU07

**Salary Range (£ pro rata for part time roles)**:
BBU07 24,496 - 26,845

**Contract Type**:
Casual permanent

**Contract Hours**:
0

**Job Advert**:
The Resettlement sessional workers work alongside the Early Help Resettlement team to support refugee families who arrive in Bedford Borough through various resettlement schemes. The team's purpose is to ensure families have a successful integration and transition into their new community. This may include assisting with accessing essential services such as housing, healthcare, education, employment, language training, and social support systems.

Formal qualifications in working with children and families are not required but would be an advantage. Experience in the field would be helpful. You will need to be reliable, assertive, resilient, and have the ability to maintain boundaries and be ready to attend training to build your experience and knowledge of working with families. Use of a car and ability to drive within and out of Borough is essential, as is the ability to work flexible hours to include some early starts and late evenings and weekends. Being fluent in additional languages will be advantageous (particularly Arabic, Pashto, Dari or Slavic languages).

We offer an induction programme with supervision & an appraisal. We have excellent in house training and development opportunities to gain a wide variety of skills and experiences in a busy and thriving environment.

**How to apply**

**Additional Vacancy Information**:
**Allowance (pro rata for part time roles)**:
N/A

**Work Pattern**:
Casual

**Is this an enhanced DBS role?**:
No

**Is this a politically restricted role?**:
No

**Is this a customer facing role which requires a fluent English Speaker?**:
Yes

**Vacancy Location**:
**Location**:
Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough Council Recruitment, Bedford

**Location**:
Borough Hall, Bedford

**Is this a designated car user position?**:
No


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