Smoking Cessation Advisor

The innovative and tailored approach of the service meets people where they are, physically and in terms of their readiness to quit. Supporting a holistic and person-centric approach offering social prescribing advice and access to other relevant health care interventions. You will be meeting individuals in hostels, homeless day centres, temporary accommodation and across drug and alcohol support settings, the probation service or anywhere else where they can be reached in the community. Lead by the Specialist Team Lead you will work with partner agencies across the county to raise awareness of the service and what it has to offer. The role will be providing 1:1 smoking cessation advice working using a flexible and trauma informed, assertive outreach approach. The focus is on harm reduction, recognising an individual's dependence on nicotine and their readiness to reduce smoking over time, with up to 26 weeks of intensive support. Individuals are offered a vape and or Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRT). In line with NCSCT and NICE guidelines, with follow-up consultations agreed with the individual, including smoking status validation using a CO monitoring. You will maintain accurate up to date records on the relevant case management systems and collect and provide information in line with service requirements., Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

This service is delivered in partnership with Changing Futures and Housing First, two services within Cambridgeshire County Council who have extensive experience working with people facing multiple disadvantage. You will be working with the Specialist Smoking Cessation Team Lead and two other Advisor to deliver the service., You will be passionate about working face-to-face with individuals to improve their health outcomes. As such you will have a minimum of 2 years' experience in health and social care and preferably have experience as a NCSCT Stop Smoking Practitioner. You will have a high level of interpersonal skills, undertaking multi-agency work with partner organisations, providers, individuals, families and carers. You must: Have a relevant health or social work qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience in the field of smoking cessation in the community. Have an interest in working with people facing multiple disadvantage, such as homelessness, mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, contact with the criminal justice system or have experienced domestic abuse. Able to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently. A driver preferably, with access to your own vehicle.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

This is a full time, fixed term post for 1 year. Continuation beyond this is dependent on securing further funding., We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes