Outreach Adviser - Homebased

Part of the Outreach team, the Outreach Adviser is a client focused role which forms part of our Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) service at Migrant Help. You will support our national Asylum Services to support our most vulnerable asylum seekers across the UK through a mixture of telephone and face to face advice. You will primarily provide day to day support for clients and partners in need of Outreach, ensuring that compliance with Home Office standards is met.,

• Assisting clients with applications for Asylum Support and Move on Services
• Signposting clients to specialised support where required
• To manage a caseload offering appropriate support in a designated timeframe
• Keep accurate and up-to-date case records, complete case follow ups within the requisite time scales and undertake any necessary administrative tasks
• Ensure that their work meets overall quality standards and, where possible, exceeds it in line with
• Government and other Stakeholder contracted arrangements
• Provide Advice and Guidance to Asylum Seekers as required
• Provide signposting and make referrals to other services as appropriate
• Assist clients, report any issues to accommodation providers and the Home Office to highlight any safeguarding concerns
• Ensure the Outreach and Move on Manager is kept updated with any trends
• Occasionally training or meetings are organised outside of normal working hours. The post-holder will be expected to attend whenever reasonably practicable
• Undertake any other duties which may be assigned from time to time and may include cover for other funded projects.
  
  If you are an excellent communicator, have the ability to diffuse difficult situations and without becoming personally involved and are looking for an exciting role within an ever-growing, fast paced team, we'd love to hear from you!, Excellent interpersonal skills/ability to communicate with diverse groups
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment
• Proven ability to prioritise and work on your own initiative whilst respecting boundaries
• Ability to work flexibly on own initiative and as part of a team as required
• Excellent computer skills including Word, Excel and databases; particularly in making and keeping accurate and timely records, Be able to provide a valid passport eg. 10 year full British passport, EU or non-EU Passport with indefinite leave to remain
• Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment
  
  Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 60 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.
  
  Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.