The Senior Youth Worker role with specific responsibility for Drugs and Alcohol will work as part of a small team supporting LGBTQ+ young people based on a harm reduction model. This role spans outreach, one-to-one support, provision of training to key stakeholders and the development of policy and advocating for the needs of LGBTQ+ young people with respect to drugs and alcohol. It also involves managing 2 youth workers and a youth work student on placement twice a year.

More specifically they will be responsible for: ensuring the development and implementation of four key areas covered within the National Drug and Alcohol Strategy “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017 -2025”  under the Education & Prevention Pillar, that all peer education training/programmes provided meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ young people and the day to day and long-term management of the drug and alcohol service in accordance with the best practice and the organisation's values.