Migration Support Officer
Migration Support Officer
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Job Description
3 months contract with a local authority
Job Purpose
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team both virtually and face to face supporting families who are arriving under Government Migration Schemes. You will be responding to their immediate resettlement needs and seeking additional advice and support from professional and community networks where specialist knowledge or experience as required.
- To work closely and creatively with the local communities voluntary organisations childcare and educational provisions (0-19 years) and partner agencies to establish and connect to appropriate services to meet the needs of those arriving under Government Migration Schemes.
- To operate with a high level of care across all relevant agencies and services to ensure that children s and adults safeguarding thresholds are adhered to with particular regard to criminal exploitation human trafficking and domestic servitude.
Key Duties/Accountabilities
- To manage a caseload of families arriving under Government Migration Schemes who may have complex and unique needs and linking them to a range of universal and targeted services taking into account their individual experience in fleeing hostilities cultural and linguistic needs.
- To undertake and oversee comprehensive needs/risk family assessments and develop supportive interventions that reflect the needs identified in the assessment and responding appropriately to changing needs and potentially complex situations.
- To establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure a high standard of service and safeguarding responsibilities to displaced families arriving in the borough.
- To manage conflicting and quickly changing priorities and respond to situations as required in a professional and timely manner keeping the adults and children at the heart of any decisions made.
- To work within established procedures for handling and assessing information notably confidentiality safeguarding and health and safety. Undertaking risk assessments where appropriate and ensuring appropriate and timely support packages.
Essential Experience Required
- Experience of and commitment to the requirements of safeguarding children young people vulnerable adults and promoting their welfare is essential.
Essential Qualification Required
- Educated to at least Level 4 in one of the following social care education parenting family work or health services or equivalent experience is essential.
Additional information to note
- Working hours: 37 hours per week.
- DBS is required for the role.
- The post holder must hold a full UK driving licence (or valid equivalent). Non-UK licences must be converted to UK licences in the first six months of employment.
The role closes soon please apply ASAP.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, both virtually and face to face, supporting families who are arriving under Government Migration Schemes. You will be responding to their immediate resettlement needs and seeking additional advice and support from professional and community networks where specialist knowledge or experience as required.
Education
Educated to at least Level 4 in one of the following, social care, education, parenting, family work or health services or equivalent experience is essential.
Employment Type
Full Time
Company Industry
Defense and Space Manufacturing / Government Administration / Military and International Affairs
