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Job Description
Our team in Lancashire are recruiting for a Specialist Smoking Cessation Worker, to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are an enthusiastic about supporting young people and are passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, we’d love to hear from you.
Do you have a great rapport with young people? Are you passionate about educating and supporting them to navigate their way through the many issues they face today? If so, this job could be exactly what you're looking for....
The work can be challenging but it's always rewarding and at With You, you'll be part of an amazing team making a real difference to people's lives.
With You in Lancashire deliver the young people's drug and alcohol service in Lancashire. This role will support an exciting new service supporting Change, Grow, Live, in the delivery of the young people's element of the Lancashire Smoke Free service.
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role
As a Specialist Smoking Cessation Worker, you will play a pivotal role in our Lancashire services. The role requires an organised and flexible approach, you will act as a champion of smoking cessation for young people (ages 12 - 18), and be able to advise clients and colleagues on this specialism.
There may be some occasions where you would be expected to step-up as a Team Leader to cover any absences.
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role
Required Skills
To be able to do this job successfully, you will have:
- attained ONC/NVQ level 3 or be willing to achieve this within 12 months
- the ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience
- demonstrable experience of working in the health, social care, criminal justice or specialist setting
- excellent relationship building skills with a range of people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations
- good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands
- knowledge and understanding of group working, issues affeccting young person including vaping
- the ability to record and maintain accurate case details and in a timely manner
- effective IT skills, able to use different packages and digital media
This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS and barred lists check.
Desirable Skills
A full job description will be provided upon request
About The Company
Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.
At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online.
We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year.
We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.
We Are With You.
As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people and armed forces veterans.
As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
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Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
- Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
- Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
- Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
- We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period
Should you be successful in your application, you will be required to provide 3 years worth of references and where applicable, will need to undergo an enhanced DBS check.