Responsibilities
1. To act as a full member of the staff team of the Service and to contribute to the development of the Service within the Directorate.
2. To fully contribute to the work of the Service and to manage an individual caseload, work with individual and groups of young people and to participate in the duty work, responding to need as it arises.
3. To participate in the provision of appropriate programmes for individual service users of the Service, in conjunction with other Directorate staff and other agencies within this field; that will most effectively assist the young people to achieve the transition to adulthood, with particular emphasis upon their transition from being in care, to living independently in the community.
4. Within the role of aftercare adviser, to implement and adhere to all relevant Directorate and Service procedures.
5. In working with service users, to adopt a holistic approach to meeting their individual needs, and to promote their involvement in the process, in order to develop the self-esteem of service users through a process of positive achievement; to keep in touch with young people to achieve this aim.
6. To advise other Directorate and staff regarding the preparation and support needs of care leavers, and to assist in the promotion of services for these groups of service users.
7. To assist in liaising with the range of Directorate and other age...