Learning and Talent Development Partner

This is a fixed term / secondment opportunity until September 2027 Do you want to work in a role where you can support people to rebuild their lives? We are currently looking for a committed and passionate individual to join the Street Legal team as an Immigration Link Worker where you will provide support to non-UK nationals who are homeless and link them with immigration advice service providers. Street Legal is a unique cross-sector collaboration aiming to provide access to impartial, confidential and free immigration advice for non-UK nationals who sleep rough on the streets of London. Street Legal tackles rough sleeping through a combination of immigration advice, temporary housing and training for the homelessness and migration sectors. During this process people are helped to access temporary accommodation at St Mungo's, support services and healthcare. They also receive food, clothing, toiletries and travel support. As the Ealing Immigration Link Worker, you will support a busy outreach team to coordinate support for non-UK nationals experiencing homelessness. This will include monitoring the team's caseload to identify individuals needing support, responding to referrals, and carrying out comprehensive strength-based assessments. Assessments consider the requirements under current immigration rules, provisions for immigration advice and agreed timeframes. You will organise and facilitate initial consultations with immigration advice service providers in a way that effectively encourages engagement and promotes opportunities for clients to resolve their immigration matters. Working in partnership with specialist staff and external partners you will be responsible for supporting the working shift pattern of the service and adopting a multidisciplinary approach to support. You will be based in the team's office in Hanwell, with flexible working in different settings, including travel across Greater London, St Mungo's offices or on street outreach shifts., Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued, and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion improves the health, wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are prioritised, we are happier, healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients. Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:

• A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ+, Womens Action, Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks.
• Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
• A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
• Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff, unconscious bias training for managers, and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
• In recognition of the importance of transparency, we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.
  
  To succeed in this highly rewarding role you will have an understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people, or you may have had personal experience of homelessness yourself.
You will have some experience of helping vulnerable people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change. A sound understanding of the support needs of people with unresolved or pending immigration status, No Recourse to Public Funds, low incomes, and professional boundary issues is essential for this role. Good communication skills and the ability to work with others whilst managing your own time. Above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives.

Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years, we have been on the ground every day and every night, supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28,000 people each year and our work means that more than 2,700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.

Wellbeing and Benefits We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky, but with family friendly policies, flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance, we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them. These include:
• Agile working model for suitable roles.
• Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
• 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years' service.
• Family friendly leave policies including - maternity, adoption and parental leave. Carers leave, and fertility treatment leave.
• Financial wellbeing platform offering loans, advances and saving options.
• Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%.
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app - 24/7 GP appointments, health checks and nutrition advice.
• Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
• Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more.
Want to find out more? Want to find out more? Reaching Potential At St Mungo's we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. That's why we have a robust induction, training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungo's. These include:
• Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
• Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
• Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums, internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.