CASE STUDY #1
An Asylum Seeker has asked their volunteer coordinator to write a Support Letter for their Asylum claim. Reference letters are usually signed off by the Director of the organisation, who is approached to do this. The organisation undertakes activities that involve planting flower beds around the city, and the volunteer has come along twice. The Director gets in touch to ask for advice about what to write.
BRAINSTORM AND FEEDBACK
What issue is the Asylum Seeker / Organisation facing?
What would you advise / what could you do to give support?
What tools / legislation could you look at?
CASE STUDY #2
An organisation employs a lot of volunteers in their project that involves going to schools and reading with school children from migrant backgrounds. The volunteering policy at the organisation gives £5 cash a day to volunteers for food and reimburses their travel costs at the end of the month by BACS. You are a Union Rep in this organisation.
BRAINSTORM AND FEEDBACK
What issue is the Asylum Seeker / Organisation facing?
What would you advise / what could you do to give support?
What tools / legislation could you look at?
CASE STUDY #3
You are supporting the recruitment of a new employee into your organisation by sitting on the panel. You interview 5 people and come together with other panel members at the end to make a decision. You decide to offer the job to one person, contact them and ask them to bring copies of the qualifications in the following day. At the end of the next day your colleague approaches you to ask for a follow up meeting to select an alternative candidate, as the qualifications brought over by the selected applicant are form another country and not recognised by your organisation.
BRAINSTORM AND FEEDBACK
What issue is the Asylum Seeker / Organisation facing?
What would you advise / what could you do to give support?
What tools / legislation could you look at?
CASE STUDY #4
You are supporting the recruitment of a new employee into your organisation by sitting on the panel. Applicants have been asked to bring in their proof of right to work in the UK with them. You interview 5 people and come together with other panel members at the end to make a decision. The administrator comes in with the copies of documentation provided by applicants, and seeing that one applicant only has 5 years leave to remain, your colleagues dismiss their application, saying they won’t be here long enough.
BRAINSTORM AND FEEDBACK
What issue is the Asylum Seeker / Organisation facing?
What would you advise / what could you do to give support?
What tools / legislation could you look at?
CASE STUDY #5
You are contacted by an individual who is asking for support to get a DBS check, as new policy in the organisation says all staff must be checked, regardless of their role, which for this individual is a receptionist in a primary school. When you meet with them, they show you a letter from their employer who says that they must provide a Police Check / Reference from their home country to be allowed to stay in their job, as they have been in the UK for less than three years. The letter states that this is policy. The individual explains that being a refugee they cannot contact the police in their home country, as this could make them open to risk.
BRAINSTORM AND FEEDBACK
What issue is the Asylum Seeker / Organisation facing?
What would you advise / what could you do to give support?
What tools / legislation could you look at?