Community and Integration Caseworker
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
You will be joining the Helen Bamber Foundation’s Community and Integration team - a programme and client pathway that enables and supports our clients to develop connections, community, and independence. We are seeking a skilled individual with integration and community development experience who can undertake casework and provide support for multiple projects, activities, and partnerships with a focus on supporting our clients need to lead independent lives.
You will be essential to ensuring that our clients build and sustain their recovery through integration activities and are able to increase their digital skills by working with our clients throughout their journeys at HBF. To support the progress of clients to independence and recovery the successful candidate will need to develop strong relationships with other teams within HBF, as well as build partnerships and maintain strong referral pathways with external organisations.
You will also support the development and delivery of our client activity groups; the Community Group and the Creative Arts and Skills Programme (CASP), which includes working with client groups to ensure robust feedback to improve our services.
This role has a lot of scope for creativity and innovation, but you also need to be able to balance the daily demands of a large integration programme, individual casework and development objectives.
Please note: the successful candidate will be offered the job subject to suitable references and a DBS check. This role will require disclosure of both the adult and child barring lists. If appointed, you will be required to give your consent to HBF to receive regular updates on your criminal records status throughout your employment. The successful candidate must be available to work on a Wednesday. The other days are negotiable, although our preference would be for Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Please note the closing date for this job: please submit an up-to-date CV and a covering letter by Wednesday 6th December, outlining your relevant skills and experience, as well as how your previous experience that matches the listed responsibilities and person specification to jobs@helenbamber.org. Please state in your covering letter when you would be available to start the role.
Interviews are scheduled to be held the week commencing 15th January 2024.
For any queries, please call 0203 058 2020 and ask to speak to Yvie Younane.
We regret that we can only respond to applicants who make it to the interview stage. No agencies
Equal Opportunities
The Helen Bamber Foundation and Asylum Aid is an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as we are keen to make sure that our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in at every level within the organisation. We particularly welcome applications from Minority Ethnicities.
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