Social Workers - National Age Assessment Board Professional
Jun 6th, 2022 at 07:58 Jobs Cardiff-- £
Language | English | Closes/Deadline | 17 Jun 2022 |
Hours | Full Time | Contact type | Permanent |
Salary | National: £30, 817 - £33,889; London: £35,054 - £38,558
| Job level | |
Recruiter | CIVIL SERVICE RESOURCING
| Recruiter Type | Direct Employer |
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Social Workers - National Age Assessment Board
Cardiff, Croydon, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield, Solihull
National: £30, 817 - £33,889; London: £35,054 - £38,558
Join a flagship new service to age assess unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
If you’re a qualified social worker, this is unique opportunity to join the Home Office to support local authorities with age assessments.
RASI was established in January 2017 to work closely with Migration and Border colleagues and others across the Home Office and elsewhere. With over 700 people, it handles the dispersal and support of adult asylum seekers, asylum seeking families and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) through the National Transfer Scheme, as well as the operational delivery and policy development of the UK’s resettlement and integration offer for refugees.
These 40 new roles sit within our National Age Assessment Board (NAAB). The team will assess individuals claiming to be a UASC or child dependent of an asylum seeker where there is doubt around their age.
In essence, the challenge will be to conduct age assessments when invited by local authorities to do so and when requested to do so by other Home Office colleagues. Everything is built on a child-centred and trauma-informed approach. All the age assessments will be Merton compliant, underpinned by a statutory right of appeal.
A qualified and registered social worker, it’s important that you enjoy working with service users from different backgrounds. You’ll have a strong background in age assessments too – in particular working knowledge of ADCS guidance and case law – and have the confidence to contribute to legal challenges and give evidence in court.
The work involves close collaboration with a range of social work staff across different grades in local authorities, as well as teachers, foster carers and other professionals. So it’s vital that you can build strong ties, and have the flexibility to travel across the UK, with occasional overnight stays.
This is a dynamic and fast-moving new area of the Home Office, with significant ministerial, stakeholder, media and public interest. Equally, it’s your chance to make a difference in the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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