Welfare Support Officer

We are seeking for a Welfare Support Officer/Housing officer/ neighbourhood officer/ RLO/TLO to join our team.

This is an exciting position that works exclusively to support Asylum seekers going through their right to work Asylum application process with the home office.

Here are the details of the position:

Job title: Welfare Support Officer

Location: LE12

Type: Contract

• Start Date: ASAP
• Working Hours: 40 hours per week
• Contract Duration: 6 months initially, with guaranteed permanent position
• Full UK manual driving license
• Payrate: 15.80-19.98 / hr plus Holiday Pay 1.88/hr

Main duties: The ideal candidate will be resilient, trustworthy, caring, a people person and extremely empathetic to others. every day is different, no day is the same. Although this role comes with it challenges it is an extremely rewarding role.
Will include but not limited to ensuring service users are supported at various stages of their Asylum application process including any safeguarding and welfare issues you come across, providing practical and emotional support to service users, monitoring service users' wellbeing and support needs and ensuring all records are updated and accurate for home office audit purposes.
It is essential to maintain boundaries and being resilient to ensure a professional and a well-defined service is provided to always meet the needs of the service users.

Role Criteria:

• Experience of working with vulnerable and diverse client groups is essential
• Experience and understanding of safeguarding is essential
• Ability to identify individuals and family need and recognise the required support packages to maintain independence
• Experience working with mental health and or challenging behaviour is essential
• To communicate effectively with colleagues, local authorities, and service users
• Experience with record keeping and creating risk assessments
• Ability to work under own initiative
• Resilient
• You will be supportive, trustworthy, a good listener, approachable and empathetic to others

If this opportunity aligns with your skills and interests, I would love to hear your thoughts. Please share your updated CV, confirm your notice period.

Thank you for your time, and I hope to hear from you soon.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please call Varuna on (phone number removed) or Email Varuna on (url removed).

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.