JUMP Project Coordinator

Job Description

Post: JUMP Project Coordinator

Salary: £30,000 (pro-rata/3 days a week)

Hours:

21 hours per week. Flexible working; some evening and weekend work may be required.

Responsible to:
Frontline Support Manager

Location:

Brighton and Hove Jewish Community Centre (BNJC)

Applicants must be UK based either in Brighton or Sussex, or be willing to relocate. We are only able to consider applicants who have the right to work in the UK. HIAS+JCORE is unable to sponsor working visas to the UK.

We particularly encourage applicants from people with lived experience of the asylum system.

HIAS+JCORE supports refugees and asylum seekers, led by Jewish values. Our work is driven by the belief that the Jewish community should play an active part in building a society in which Refugees are able to live in dignity where the UK is a welcoming place free from racism.

Our organisation came into this form through the joining of operations between two organisations: the UK-based JCORE (Jewish Council for Racial Equality) and HIAS, a global humanitarian aid and advocacy organisation. HIAS+JCORE is inspired by Jewish values and history to support those who are displaced, no matter their background.

JUMP is a London-based befriending project for young asylum seekers and refugees who have been separated from their families. The three primary ways in which JUMP supports young people are befriending, casework and community.

We are currently supporting 30 pairs through our London project and have built a Brighton branch of this project, supporting up to 10 pairs so far.

We are looking for a self-starting team member who will help coordinate and continue to build this valuable project in Brighton. You’ll be responsible for the befriending pairs and undertake tasks such as develop and maintain relationships with partner organisations, manage referrals for young people, recruit volunteer befrienders, and setting-up and sustaining pairs. This includes leading an initial training day.

Contact with befrienders is through monthly reporting, and bi-annual supervision (initially after three months for new befrienders); alongside ad-hoc communication on safeguarding or other urgent matters. Contact with young people is more regular and varies depending on their casework support needs.

Community events take place from time to time and offer a space for all young people and volunteers to come together and celebrate the work they are doing on JUMP. You will need to attend these events, and liaise with your cohort of befriending pairs to ensure everyone has the correct information.

JUMP also has Hardship Fund (HSF) available to young people who need financial support with travel, clothing, food vouchers, and phone contracts..

• Managing a caseload of young people;

• Offering casework support (e.g., related to housing, education; day-to-day needs; arranging legal intervention etc.);

• Where necessary arranging and attending appointments with the young person (GP, Home Office, Job Centre, and Legal appointments);

• Signposting young people to available support and intervening where necessary.

• Assisting in the planning and organising of group trips and events every 2- 3 months;

• Conducting initial assessments with young people to understand their needs, and once paired with a volunteer, hosting befriending initial meetings;

• Facilitating Hardship Fund payments to young people, including applications and approvals.

• Organising and delivering JUMP core training to new and existing befrienders;

• Recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new befrienders;

• Supporting befriending volunteers through regular supervisions, meetings, emails and phone…