Stop Smoking Practitioner - Substance Misuse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Were excited to offer a rewarding opportunity to work in partnership with CGL to embed the local Stop Smoking Service within their provision, supporting service users across Nottinghamshire on their journey to quit smoking. This role will involve strategic collaboration to ensure the service is effectively integrated at key touchpoints throughout the county, offering targeted support where its needed most. As a Specialist Stop Smoking Practitioner, you will play a vital role in delivering evidence-based and equitable interventions, helping to address health inequalitiesparticularly in areas of high deprivation. The ideal candidate will be flexible, capable of working independently, and confident collaborating as part of a wider team. This is a meaningful role that truly makes a difference in peoples lives.

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.

Manage a caseload

To engage and recruit potential clients at promotional and community events

Provide administrative assistance to the service in terms of client contacts, appointment bookings and confirmations

Identify opportunities to develop and improve services for clients

Maintain own knowledge of evidence-based methods and integrate new research into own practice

Attend regular Stop Smoking Service Meetings

Attend training as required and keep up to date with the wider aspects of Tobacco Control

Attend all training, internal and external to support the role

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 Deputy Head Of Service. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as the service becomes embedded in all local communities across the borough.

Ensure all interventions are recorded and monitored through utilising the ABL data system

Provide training to new Advisors on using and navigating the system

Ensure all records are accurately maintained

Support the Service Manager to effectively performance manage the system by providing reports a to personify and promote a positive, collaborative and recovery-focused work ethic

To present a professional appearance, maintain an orderly working environment, and act at all times to uphold the good reputation of ABL/ CGL, leading by example

To be responsible for ensuring that all visitors and users of the service have a positive experience, by being welcomed in a responsive, helpful and professional manner, and by dealing promptly with any inappropriate behaviour by staff, volunteers or service users

To attend required meetings at appointed times, maintain professional personnel and management records and data, and meet deadlines

To work flexibly across the whole service, including late working, weekends as required

To proactively maintain own professional knowledge, development and practice, and contribute effectively to management meetings and supervision

To ensure risk and safeguarding issues are effectively assessed and addressed, reporting any potential risk and safeguarding issues to ensure the protection of staff, service users and children and data when requested.

To work within professional boundaries, always maintaining safety and appropriate confidentiality

To promote, contribute to, and implement corporate initiatives as required

To demonstrate clear commitment to ABL/CGLs Mission, Vision, Values and strategy, ensuring that they inform, and are embedded within, service planning, integration and delivery

To read and comply with all published CGL policies and procedures, at the start of employment and whenever they are added to or changed

To work flexibly within the organisation to undertake such other reasonable duties and responsibilities, at any location within reasonable daily travel from your main place of work.

Skills and Competencies Required

Be an experienced Specialist Stop Smoking Practitioner within the CGL. (Training will be given)

Experience of working with evolving and developing services

Positive and proactive outlook with the ability to motivate, engage and support others to achieve the highest standards and outcomes.

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience including clients, staff, and volunteers at all levels.

Build strong relationships, foster trust and co-operation among colleagues, stakeholders throughout community settings.

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Higher level education or health/social care/public health)/ professional qualification, or experience working within smoking cessation other addiction or behaviour change.

Desirable

• NCSCT Practitioner
• Relevant degree

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in community settings

Desirable

• Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
• Experience of developing and delivering training to target audiences.

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

Suite 1, The Willows Ransom Wood Business Park

Mansfield

NG21 0HJ

Employer's website

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