About The Role
| Role: Integration and Resettlement Officer |
| Location: Civic Centre, Leyland |
| Contract:Part Time (18 hours per week) / Fixed Term Contract (12 months) |
| Salary: £31,537 – £33,699 (£15,768 – £16,849 pro rata) |
| Closing Date: 11th June 2026 |
We’re looking for a dedicated and compassionate individual to support the delivery of refugee and forced migration resettlement programmes. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference by helping individuals and families create strong, independent futures in South Ribble.
What you’ll be getting up to
- Provide tailored casework support to individuals and families arriving via government resettlement schemes, helping them navigate life in the UK
- Support access to key services including housing, healthcare, education, employment, welfare benefits, and local democracy
- Promote independence and resilience, empowering residents to build sustainable futures without long-term reliance on support services
- Work closely with partners across housing, health, voluntary organisations and other agencies to coordinate effective support
- Organise and deliver community integration activities such as drop-ins, English classes, and local events
- Monitor and evaluate projects funded through community integration and grant programmes
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date case records, tracking progress and outcomes for households
- Support asylum seekers transitioning into settled accommodation in partnership with Housing Options
- Contribute to multi-agency forums, ensuring coordinated and effective responses to support needs
You’ll also play an active role in shaping inclusive communities, championing the positive contribution resettled residents bring to South Ribble.
Who we’re looking for
- Experience managing casework and supporting vulnerable individuals or families, ideally including refugees or asylum seekers
- Experience working in partnership with agencies, community groups and stakeholders to support people with complex needs
- A good understanding of community integration, UK resettlement programmes, and available support services
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and present complex information clearly
- Good ICT skills and a collaborative, team-focused approach
- A full UK driving licence (or equivalent mobility)
- Additional language skills (e.g. Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, Tigrinya, Amharic or Pashto) (desirable)
Our Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
- Agile/Hyrbid Working from day one
- Local Government pension
- Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
- Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
- Volunteering days
- Free parking
Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.
About Us
At South Ribble Council, our mission is to provide a first-class service and improve the quality of life for our communities. Our staff are our greatest resource in helping us achieve this. They’re at the heart of everything we do and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services.
Working Together
We share a number of our services with Chorley Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separatestrategies and corporate plans.
Additional information
Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.
Equal Opportunities
We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.
We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the “Contact Us” page on our website.
If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
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