Resettlement & Integration Support Worker

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**Julian House is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. We run several projects and every year we help thousands of people out of homelessness, into employment, away from domestic abuse, and more.**

**If you’d like a real sense of job satisfaction, great career prospects and a competitive benefits package, you could be who we’re looking for**

**Job Role**: Resettlement and integration Support Worker

**Salary**:£15,141 (FTE £25,235)

**Hours**:22.5 hours per week

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Location**:South Gloucestershire

**The Role**:
This role is working within our Refugee Resettlement team. You will be supporting and empowering individuals and families that are resettling in South Gloucestershire. The support you provide will need to be client-centred and tailored to each individual's needs, including access to healthcare, education, housing, benefits and meaningful occupation. Within the role you will give individuals and families the knowledge and tools to be fully independent in their lives in the UK.

**Overview**

The role has three elements:

- You will be supporting a caseload of Homes for Ukraine clients.
- You will be supporting a caseload of newly recognised refugees.
- You will be running drop-in sessions across multiple Hubs in South Gloucestershire that support all resetting communities including asylum seekers.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Taking a lead professional role in coordinating multi-agency support around the individual or family, including organising and leading meetings between the individual or family and the professionals supporting them
- Supporting individual or families to access schools, English classes, suitable housing, welfare benefits, healthcare and wellbeing services, employment and training.
- Identifying and promoting opportunities for client involvement across all areas of decision making and service development.

**Qualifications / Requirements**:

- A valid UK driving licence and access to own vehicle: business insurance will be required for roles involving travel for work
- Ability to communicate and engage effectively with individuals and families
- with diverse, specific, cultural and complex needs
- Understanding of the complex needs of asylum seekers and refugees who have experienced trauma

Please see the full job description for more details.

**There are many great reasons to join our team**
- Great opportunities for career development and **free monthly training sessions** from experienced facilitators
- ** Sliding salary scale**with salary increases every year for the first 3 years
- Wellbeing related support and advice and **up to 6 free counselling sessions** through our Employee Assistance Programme
- ** 27 days annual leave,**including an extra day off for your birthday, increasing up to 30 days after 4 years of continuous employment. Plus bank holidays
- ** 30% staff discount** at Julian House charity shops
- ** 20% staff discount** at Julian House bike workshops
- A generous and competitive pension scheme
- Instant access to healthcare professionals and discounts on a variety of health treatments through our **Simply Health Scheme**:

- A supportive culture where **staff feedback is highly valued**and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted
- ** 6 weekly Reflective Practice sessions** from objective, external facilitators
- For all the fantastic and valuable work you'll be doing makes you eligible for the Blue Light Card which offers amazing discounts on thousands of brands

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