Move On Officer (Refugee Resettlement) presso Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council · Truro, Regno Unito · Hybrid
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The Service & Team:
In order to make most effective use of Home Office, Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and Cornwall Council resources we have created an integrated Resettlement Service that brings together the various work streams and funding we receive from government to meet the needs of Ukrainians, Afghans, asylum seekers and other refugees.
This post holder will be part of the Resettlement Team who support and empower vulnerable refugees (individuals, couples, families and children) in Cornwall.
The Role:
Your role will be to provide a comprehensive, proactive package to Refugees accommodated in Resettlement Accommodation provided through the Local Authority Housing Fund or hosted accommodation under Homes For Ukraine Scheme and empower them to take the next step in their housing journey and move on to more settled living arrangements and ensure they have all the tools required to move on into suitable permanent accommodation.
To work collaboratively, to achieve rapid and positive move-on from emergency and short-term accommodation. To minimise the length of stay in accommodation provided by the Resettlement Service and to ensure all move on options are explored.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern:
This role is full time- Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
This is a fixed term contract for 2 years.
This role involves both office working and outreach work across the county
What you’ll need to succeed:
- A good understanding of the current issues and themes related to refugees and asylum seekers.
- An applied understanding of equalities and diversity, including cultural competence.
- A high standard of accuracy, literacy, and numeracy and high level of IT literacy especially on Microsoft Office products - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- A working knowledge of the Housing Act 1996 part VII (as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002) and the Localism Act 2012
- Knowledge of the Social Housing Allocations Framework (part VI of the Housing ACT 1996)
- Understanding of benefits and social care legislation and housing options
- Detailed knowledge of working practices of Private Rented Sector recognises when offers of accommodation in the Private Rented Sector may be appropriate.
- Knowledge and experience of housing management including rent accounting and tenancy management
- Understanding of support issues and organisations that can address these
- High level administrative and self-organisational skills
- Can easily adapt to changing processes and unforeseen challenges
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What you’ll get in return:
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
· a competitive salary.
· a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
· a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
· A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
· Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information:
Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.
The full role profile is attached here.
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact (*Hiring Manager please provide contact details for queries)
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
Company
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
