Welfare Support Officer

Overview

Support asylum seekers through right‑to‑work applications, providing welfare, safeguarding and record‑keeping.

Key Responsibilities

• stakeholder communication

Tasks

-To communicate effectively with colleagues, local authorities, and service users

Requirements

• safeguarding
• mental health
• record keeping
• driving licence
• vulnerable clients
• initiative

What You Bring

-Experience and understanding of safeguarding -Experience working with mental health and or challenging behaviour -Experience with record keeping and risk assessments -Full UK driving license -Experience of working with vulnerable and diverse client groups -Ability to identify individuals and family need and recognise the required support packages to maintain independence -Ability to work under own initiative

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Benefits

-You will be supportive, trustworthy, a good listener, approachable and empathetic to others -25 days annual leave plus bank holidays -Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment. -Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more -Company Vehicle and Fuel Card -Access to EAP Counselling sessions -Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work! -Flexible and happy to travel

About Mears Group Plc

-Rapid growth through acquisitions and organic expansion. -Specialist teams provide rapid-response and planned maintenance, refurbishment, boiler servicing, fire safety, and retrofitting services. -Delivers tailored care-with-housing schemes and manages tenancies, leaseholds, and emergency accommodation. -Builds affordable homes, handles capital works, and offers full lifecycle facilities management. -Strategic acquisitions have shaped its full-service housing platform.

Sector Specialisms

Visa Sponsorship

-no visa sponsorship; candidates must have the entitlement to work in the uk.

Security Clearance

-dbs & bpss check and security clearance required -provide id, proof of address, references, passport, and proof of uk residence for the last 5 years -driving licence must be >21 years old, held >3 months and have fewer than 9 points