Family Resettlement Worker
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Westminster area. The service provides support to families
primarily from Afghanistan and Ukraine, to help them successfully
settle in to their new accommodation and integrate into the local
community.
The successful candidate will be required to work
37.5 hours per week, working from Monday - Friday, 9AM - 6PM.
Temporary cover is required for approximately 2-3 months.
In
this position, you will be required to;
- Hold a caseload of 15 key
clients/ families and carry out regular key working sessions resulting
in agreed support plans and goals, which are reviewed regularly.
-
Complete comprehensive and high-quality risk assessments and risk
management plans
- Meet newly arrived families at their new
accommodation and orientating them to the local area
- Assist
Families to access support services and to meet their needs,
considering proactive approaches with services and institutions across
the community, and act as an advocate for the client where
appropriate
- Provide housing advice to clients/families in order
for them to maintain their tenancies
- Assist and empower
clients/families to develop life skills and participate in activities
to promote increased independence and involvement with the
community
- Proactively liaise, communicate and negotiate with
internal and external specialists and external agencies in order to
maximise client support services, resources and funding
- Support
clients/families with identification and application to suitable
employment, training or education opportunities
- Work flexibly
with families to provide motivational support and meet emerging
needs
Please note, this role involves lone working
To
apply for this role, you must have;
- Experience of managing
complex cases, which would require referral to safeguarding and
multi-agency working.
- Experience of working within a strengths
and recovery-based model, proactively engaging and motivating families
to move towards an appropriate level of independence and
inclusion.
- A strong understanding of the issues involved in
working in the community with vulnerable families and has an ability
to support a dispersed caseload.
- Experience of building and
maintaining strong networks and positive relationships with internal
and external stake holders.
- An awareness of the challenges and
opportunities faced by asylum seekers/refugees in the UK
-
Excellent communication skills with a strong ability to adapt your
approach and effectively engage with a wide range of audiences
appropriately such as Landlords, Council Members, vulnerable groups,
external charities, statutory services and more
- The Ability to
think 'outside the box' and come up with flexible and family centred
solutions to problems.
Family Resettlement Worker
Corus Consultancy
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