Bristol Refugee Rights is seeking an Advice Worker to start as soon as possible.

BRR’s Advice Team provides specialist advice in Bristol for people needing to claim asylum, who have an asylum claim pending, or who have been refused asylum. Staff members support a team of volunteers in carrying out this advice work. 

Most of our casework involves:

• Assessing asylum or immigration status in order to advise people of rights and options for financial support or accommodation
• Home Office asylum support entitlements and associated problems
• Referring clients to appropriate legal advice where possible
• Work to support access to legal representation – eg. Subject Access Requests to the Home Office or Exceptional Case Funding applications
• Referrals to and liaison with Social Services and healthcare providers.

Many of our clients are homeless and destitute, and we work closely with voluntary and statutory sector partners to alleviate destitution, and provide advice and casework to support people to realise their rights and entitlements.

Whilst we would like the new post holder to have knowledge of UK immigration and/or asylum systems, we do not require specialist knowledge of Home Office asylum support rights and processes, as training can be provided.