Welfare Support Officer

3 days ago


LondonderryDerry, United Kingdom Mears Group Plc Full time

Annual salary: up to £28,350.00 Welfare Support Officer Derry/Londonderry.
However will be required to travel across Northern Ireland to our 10 other sites where required Salary up to £28,350 per annum Full time 6 month fixed term contract, 40hrs per week, Monday to Friday Including company vehicle and fuel card or £3,500 company car allowance Mears provides temporary accommodation to asylum seekers whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
At the end of May 2021 Mears had over 19000 service users across the three regions.
Mears work in partnership with central and local Government, registered providers, tenants, landlords and investors to find solutions to homelessness, provide more social and affordable housing and create specialist housing for people with care needs.
About the Role: Due to contract expansion, we are seeking for a Welfare Support Officer to join our team.
This is an exciting position that works exclusively to support Asylum seekers going through their right to work Asylum application process with the home office.
The ideal candidate will be resilient, trustworthy, caring, a people person and extremely empathetic to others.
As a Welfare Support Officer every day is different, no day is the same.
Although this role comes with it challenges it is an extremely rewarding role.
As a Welfare Support Officer your main duties will include but not limited to ensuring service users are supported at various stages of their Asylum application process including any safeguarding and welfare issues you come across, providing practical and emotional support to service users, monitoring service users wellbeing and support needs and ensuring all records are updated and accurate for home office audit purposes.
It is essential to maintain boundaries and being resilient to ensure a professional and a well-defined service is provided to always meet the needs of the service users.
Role Criteria: Experience of working with vulnerable and diverse client groups Experience and understanding of safeguarding Ability to identify individuals and family need and recognise the required support packages to maintain independence Experience working with mental health and or challenging behaviour To communicate effectively with colleagues, local authorities, and service users Experience with record keeping and risk assessments Ability to work under own initiative Resilient You will be supportive, trustworthy, a good listener, approachable and empathetic to others Flexible and happy to travel Full UK driving license All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Benefits we can offer you 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work
Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more Family friendly policies Company Vehicle and Fuel Card Access to EAP Counselling sessions As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a DBS & BPSS check, as well as Security Clearance.
For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.
If you feel you have skills and experience needed, please apply via the link below.
If you have any questions regarding this role please contact Beth on We look forward to hearing from you soon.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.



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