Refugee Support Worker

Employment type – Permanent

Location – Kingswood, covering South Gloucestershire

Salary – £23,240.00 Per Annum 10% allowance due language skills

Hours – 37.5 hours per week

Benefits:

Career development

Employee Assistance Programme

27 days annual leave, including an extra day off for your birthday, with an additional day’s annual leave each year up until 4 years on continuous employment.

30% staff discount at charity shops

20% staff discount at bike workshops

Generous and competitive pension scheme

Simply Health Scheme

A supportive culture

Why work here – This charity is dedicated to improving the lives of the vulnerable. Each year, they help thousands of people who are at risk of homelessness or domestic abuse. They have an Equality and Diversity Action plan in place and ensure continuous staff improvement. They also have a group of Inclusion & Diversity champions. They invite applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures. They embrace flexibility and are a Disability Confident and Mindful employer.

About the role – As a Refugee Support Worker you will support a caseload of refugee families, resettled via various UK government schemes including refugees from Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan, you will do this by taking a lead professional role in coordinating multi-agency support. You will run drop-in sessions across multiple hubs in South Gloucestershire, as well as supporting families to access schools, suitable housing, English classes, welfare benefits, healthcare and wellbeing services, employment and training.

Qualifications and Experience required –

A full UK drivers license is required for this role.

Experience supporting refugees.

Must be fluent in Ukrainian and Russian

If this Refugee Support Worker role looks of interest, please click apply.

Prospero Health and Social Care is acting as an employment business/social care recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Health and Social Care in order to fill this vacancy.