If you're a hard-working, reliable person and you enjoy working in fast-paced environments, then we want to hear from you.
Family Support Worker (Dari Speaking) Salary: Betweeen £17 to 19 per hour Location: CB2, Cambridge Hours: Monday-Friday- 9am - 5pm Till January 2025 Must be able to speak Dari.
Job Purpose To welcome and support refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people in Cambridge and the surrounding areas.
This includes working in-person with individuals and families, interpreting as necessary.
You must be fluent in Dari and English and have the skills to use translation services where you are supporting speakers of other languages.
To be the main point of contact for individuals and families as they settle into the community, working in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations.
To ensure the service delivered meets the criteria of the resettlement scheme individuals and families have arrived on.
This can involve navigating systems and advocacy.
To understand and assess individual needs, signposting to specialist services as needed, and motivating individuals to access services, such as health and education.
Skills Able to adopt a sensitive approach to confidential issues At least 2 years front line experience of working with families with support needs.
Awareness of the experiences and needs of refugees Excellent user of IT applications including MS Office and particularly word and excel Experience and confidence in Lone Working Experience of working with families to access and participate in funded childcare for youung children.
Fluent in Arabic and English Good awareness of support and statutory services available locally and how to access them Working awareness of welfare benefits and clients entitlements Apply today and if successful, a full job description will be sent across Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.