Refugee Resettlement Support Worker

Contracted Weekly Hours: 37.5. Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.

Contract Type:  Permanent

Annual leave: 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays per annum.

Salary: £24,258 a year.

Location: ICN office in Bournemouth. Regular travel across BCP area

International Care Network (ICN) is a Christian charity whose aim is to help to rebuild the lives of asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants. The resettlement team work closely with local authorities and volunteers to support families on government resettlement schemes to find their feet, build healthy relationships, and successfully integrate into our community. We are looking for an experienced support worker to support individuals and families under all relevant government resettlement schemes (predominantly Ukrainian and Afghan, but not limited to), who have been resettled in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) and Dorset. ICN provides benefits to staff including:

• Company pension scheme.
• Travel costs paid for at 45p per mile, not including travel to and from work.
• Staff welfare opportunities including socials and access to external clinical supervision.
• Training opportunities relevant to role.

ICN will seek to ensure that all existing and potential employees are given equal opportunities. We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in our employment policies and practices. Our aim is to promote diversity so that no employee or potential employee will be subject to unlawful or unfair discrimination because of gender, age, marital or civil partnership status, colour, race, nationality or other ethnic or national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity or membership or non-membership of a trade union or political beliefs. We will seek to ensure that no applicant for employment is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be justified.

ICN take the safeguarding of service users, staff and volunteers very seriously, with a robust safeguarding policy and process in place. As part of this ICN are committed to developing a safe culture ensuring that all steps are taken to recruit staff and volunteers who are safe to work with our service users and staff, including requiring relevant DBS checks to be taken for roles working with children and/or vulnerable adults.

To apply for this position, please read the job description and person specification and complete and sign the application form, sending it to Rachael Sawers (Refugee Resettlement Manager) by 6th August 2024. Applications can be sent by email to: r.sawers@icn.org.uk . Interviews are likely to take place the week commencing the 19th August 2024. Should you have any questions, you are welcome to e-mail Rachael Sawers or to call her on 01202 589395. We aim to contact all candidates after the closing date to advise whether they are invited for an interview or not.

Job Description and Person Specification (downloads as a PDF)

Application Form (downloads as a Word Document)