Refugee Support Casework Coordinator - Glasgow, United Kingdom - British Red Cross

British Red Cross

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Casework Coordinator - Refugee Support

Location:
Scotland

Contract type:
Permanent

Hours: 35 hours (flexible working hours)

Salary:
£ £26636 per annum (market supplement of £1887 and flexi worker bonus of £300)

Every Refugee deserved to live with dignity. Could you play a key role in supporting refugees in your local area?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Casework Coordinator to join our Refugee Support team.

In this role you'll be responsible for coordinating and delivering casework services for refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants in the Lancashire area and will undertake a range of duties designed to develop, maintain, promote the service.

The support we provide depend on the needs of our service users, so no two days will be the same.

We are a small team all connected by the common goal of helping others.

You'll work collaboratively with staff at all levels to ensure Service users receive a high quality person-centred and responsive service and they receive the right support for them.

This will be an incredibly rewarding role and will help us to achieve our mission of supporting people in crisis.

You'll be making a tangible difference to the lives of the people we support.

How you'll make a difference.

Working as part of our team to deliver casework, advocacy, practical and emotional support to our service user; this role is at the heart is the heart of our team.

You will work with a full age range of asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants including individuals and families to ensure that they are fully supported through their journey.

You'll enables us to best respond and assist these vulnerable people.

This role could be for you if

You have established organisational skills. You can plan, manage, and monitor your own and others workload.
You have strong interpersonal and communication skills. You can build relationships and adapt your communication style to suit the needs of a diverse group.
You are patient and professional. You can communicate with people whose first language is not English to understand their rights and entitlements and advocate on their behalf.
You can provide sensitive, safe and empowering support to distressed people in vulnerable situations.
You are about our cause you understand the rights and entitlements of asylum seekers, migrants and refugees.

Say hello to the team

Refugee Support provides core services to asylum seekers and refugees, including Orientation, Destitution Support including casework, Family Reunion Integration and Travel Assistance.

The British Red Cross Refugee Support work closely with the refugee sector and wider community partners participating in City Wide forums to promote access to services and support integration.

For people in crisis, as a result of their migration status, in need of protection, displaced and often having experienced family loss and separation our Refugee Support and Restoring Family Links team will deliver on our unique position and responsibility as part a truly global humanitarian organisation, present at every stage on the migratory trail to:

Reduce destitution and exploitation
Restore family links and facilitate reunion
Challenge stigma and build inclusion
Ensure protection and empower people to make positive decisions to regain control of their live

**_Connecting human kindness with human crisis_