We are excited to be recruiting into our Asylum and Refugees Intensive Support team.  As a member of this new and dynamic team you will have the opportunity to support young asylum seekers settle into life in the UK. This is your chance to make a positive difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in our society.

Please find full details of how to apply via our website and in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Monday 13 February 2023.

We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from ethnic minority groups, Muslim and male candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people with relevant lived experience. 

If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible. 

Who are we?
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.

What you will be doing:

• Providing support to young Asylum Seekers to ensure they successfully integrate into the local community and access the services they are entitled to.
• Facilitate young Asylum Seekers to gain their leave to remain in the UK.
• Support young Asylum Seekers to access and sustain suitable accommodation.
• Working with a dynamic and creative team to ensure young Asylum Seekers have access to the support and services they need to thrive.

You will be in the Asylum & Refugees Intensive Support team based within the wider South Gloucestershire team and your line manager will be the Asylum and Refugees (Intensive Support) Team Leader.

At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based, and job profiles are developed on the ‘how’ of a job. 

If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.

Contract details: 

• Hours per week: 1x 30 hours per week and 1 x 22.5 hours per week (these represent a 0.8 & 0.6 full time equivalent role)
• Contract type: permanent
• Pay: £27,852 (pro rata based on the 0.8 or 0.6 equivalent)
• The location: Based in 1625ip’s office in Old Market, Bristol or Patchway, South Gloucestershire, with an ability to work from other locations in Bristol and occasionally from home.

A few benefits at 1625ip:

• The opportunity to work within this new dynamic and creative team where you will be able to help shape and develop this exciting service.
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays
• Employee Health Cash Plan with UK Healthcare (up to level 2)
• A supportive and approachable team with an emphasis on colleague wellbeing 
• A culture of mutual openness, shared values, understanding, friendliness, supportiveness and cooperation. (From Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2021)

Important dates: 

• Application deadline closes: 23:59, Monday 13 February 2023.
• If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Wednesday 15 February 2023, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 
• Interviews are on Friday 17 February 2023.