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ABL Health Ltd

Stop Smoking Advisor

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Job summary

Your Health Dudley(Integrated Health Improvement Service) overview

ABL Health, delivers the Integrated Health Improvement Service titled Your Health Dudley, which is commissioned by the Dudley Council. This transformative service seeks to work collaboratively with communities to support transforming services for the local population. The service will provide integrated behaviour support for smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol reduction, physical activity, cooking, family coaching and community health checks, all embedded in sustainable behaviour change and positive wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

Role Purpose:

You will be a Smoking Cessation Advisor for Dudleys Integrated Health Improvement Service.

Your key responsibilities will be:

  • Provide evidence-based smoking cessation delivery across Dudley.
  • Delivering support in the areas of most disadvantage and highest need.
  • Continuously develop methods and resources that ensure smoking cessation is embedded across the integrated service.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised and dedicated deliverer, with significant experience in working within a community or healthcare environment. ABL take a strengths-focused, asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate and partner, not replicate existing delivery. The role will require dynamic and flexible working, which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for the Integrated Health Improvement Service around smoking cessation, ensuring an individual strengths-based approach to behaviour change.

About us

ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health organisation. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative, effective, and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities, and stakeholders.

We are a value`s driven organisation, dedicated to reducing health inequalities and improving peoples lives. We would love to hear from you if you would like the opportunity to work with in a close team of committed professionals and you share our values of designing and delivering health services.

Details

Date posted

11 September 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,000 to £26,000 a year Pro Rata Part Time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

E0343-24-0024ABL632

Job locations

2 Manor Square

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 3PX


Your Health Dudley

2 Castle Hill

Dudley

West Midlands

DY1 4PS


Ymca

38 Carters Green

West Bromwich

West Midlands

B70 9LG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose:

This role is extremely rewarding in making a difference to peoples lives. The role of the Specialist Stop Smoking Practitioner is to support the delivery of evidenced based, equitable stop smoking services to help to reduce the inequalities throughout the contracted localities. This will include the delivery of services within areas of most deprivation. It is essential that the postholder can work flexibly, independently and as part of a team.

Training will be given to ensure staff / applicants are equipped to deliver effective services.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Motivate and empower clients to make changes to address their addiction.

Explain to clients the principles of the nicotine and Stop Smoking Service to enable them to make informed - choices.

Deliver evidence-based stop smoking interventions, these include one to one, drop in, group sessions, telephone, or on-line support, these must be in accordance with the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme.

Work with other professionals to embed smoking cessation as part of routine client care.

Maximise the impact of smoking cessation on health gains and reduce health inequalities.

To understand the analysis of health and equalities data including service data identifying local need to inform local service need.

Provide a high quality, efficient and cost-effective services throughout a diverse range of community settings.

Lead peer support group sessions for successful quitters following intervention to prevent relapse.

Provide evidence-based education in all aspects of smoking cessation and behavioural change as well on-going motivational support.

Work with individuals to set realistic sustainable goals.

Ensure all client and service records are up to date, accurate and satisfy the ABL Health documentation policies.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive individual with significant experience in smoking cessation or addiction.

This role will be demanding as services develop and should become integrated in all settings. It will be essential that you use your own judgement to prioritise competing demands and workload effectively to specific timescales.

Duties and Responsibilities

This post will work under the line management of the Head of Service. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as the service becomes embedded in all local communities across the borough.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose:

This role is extremely rewarding in making a difference to peoples lives. The role of the Specialist Stop Smoking Practitioner is to support the delivery of evidenced based, equitable stop smoking services to help to reduce the inequalities throughout the contracted localities. This will include the delivery of services within areas of most deprivation. It is essential that the postholder can work flexibly, independently and as part of a team.

Training will be given to ensure staff / applicants are equipped to deliver effective services.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Motivate and empower clients to make changes to address their addiction.

Explain to clients the principles of the nicotine and Stop Smoking Service to enable them to make informed - choices.

Deliver evidence-based stop smoking interventions, these include one to one, drop in, group sessions, telephone, or on-line support, these must be in accordance with the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme.

Work with other professionals to embed smoking cessation as part of routine client care.

Maximise the impact of smoking cessation on health gains and reduce health inequalities.

To understand the analysis of health and equalities data including service data identifying local need to inform local service need.

Provide a high quality, efficient and cost-effective services throughout a diverse range of community settings.

Lead peer support group sessions for successful quitters following intervention to prevent relapse.

Provide evidence-based education in all aspects of smoking cessation and behavioural change as well on-going motivational support.

Work with individuals to set realistic sustainable goals.

Ensure all client and service records are up to date, accurate and satisfy the ABL Health documentation policies.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive individual with significant experience in smoking cessation or addiction.

This role will be demanding as services develop and should become integrated in all settings. It will be essential that you use your own judgement to prioritise competing demands and workload effectively to specific timescales.

Duties and Responsibilities

This post will work under the line management of the Head of Service. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as the service becomes embedded in all local communities across the borough.

Person Specification

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Skills/knowledge to utilise computer software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Have a positive outlook with an ability to inspire confidence, provide vision and motivate people.
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Ability to influence using skills and knowledge.
  • Ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
  • Understanding concepts of behaviour change and how to implement these.
  • Understanding and evidence of adhering to information governance policies.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
  • Experience of developing and delivering training to target audiences.
  • Understanding of national guidance and ability to disseminate
  • research and best practice.
  • Knowledge of the wider tobacco control agenda.
  • Understanding of addiction.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

  • The ability to travel independently across the borough.
  • Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within smoking cessation other addiction or behaviour change.
  • Experience of working in community settings.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Higher level education or health/social care/public health)/ professional qualification.

Desirable

  • NCSCT Practitioner.
  • Relevant degree.
Person Specification

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Skills/knowledge to utilise computer software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Have a positive outlook with an ability to inspire confidence, provide vision and motivate people.
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Ability to influence using skills and knowledge.
  • Ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
  • Understanding concepts of behaviour change and how to implement these.
  • Understanding and evidence of adhering to information governance policies.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
  • Experience of developing and delivering training to target audiences.
  • Understanding of national guidance and ability to disseminate
  • research and best practice.
  • Knowledge of the wider tobacco control agenda.
  • Understanding of addiction.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

  • The ability to travel independently across the borough.
  • Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within smoking cessation other addiction or behaviour change.
  • Experience of working in community settings.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Higher level education or health/social care/public health)/ professional qualification.

Desirable

  • NCSCT Practitioner.
  • Relevant degree.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

2 Manor Square

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 3PX


Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

2 Manor Square

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 3PX


Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Jackie Redding

jredding@ablhealth.co.uk

Details

Date posted

11 September 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,000 to £26,000 a year Pro Rata Part Time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

E0343-24-0024ABL632

Job locations

2 Manor Square

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 3PX


Your Health Dudley

2 Castle Hill

Dudley

West Midlands

DY1 4PS


Ymca

38 Carters Green

West Bromwich

West Midlands

B70 9LG


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