Stop Smoking Practitioner

Job title:

Stop Smoking Practitioner

Company

Somerset County Council

Job description

We’d also like to use analytics cookies so we can understand how you use our website and make improvements to your services.Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookiesSearchSearch Somerset CouncilPopular searchesJobStop Smoking PractitionerClosing in 14 days (5 September, 2024)Salary £30,296 to £33,945 per annum
Department Public Health
Working pattern Full Time
Location Somerset
Closing date 5 September, 2024About the job

• This Stop Smoking Practitioner role are hybrid working, with contractual work bases at County Hall Taunton and Brympton Way Yeovil
• We have 1 x full time equivalent post available and welcome job share and part – time applications
• This role will work within our Smokefree Somerset service and will target groups with a high smoking prevalence e.g. social housing, substance misuse and long term health conditions
• This post is a 3 years fixed term appointment

We’re working to improve the lives of people here in Somerset – and you’ll be a key part of that joining a dynamic public health team, which has an excellent reputation. Your day-to-day work will involve:

• Providing specialist support and advice to smokers within specific target groups with a high smoking prevalence
• Deliver group, 1-1 in clients homes and telephone support sessions
• Work as part of a multi-Disciplinary team to ensure that every Somerset family has the opportunity to be smokefree

We offer ongoing support, training, and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

• Can communicate with a wide range of people both in group and 1:1 settings and build relationships with individuals and families across a range of backgrounds.
• Have experience of managing a caseload and maintaining concise records.
• Have access to/use of a vehicle is an essential requirement for this post.
• Have a motivational interviewing qualification and / or experience.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Tracey Hellyar 01823 357324 / 07468 491307 or via email at tracey.hellyar@somerset.gov.uk.Interviews will take place on 18th September 2024If you have everything you need, just hit the apply button. We can’t wait to hear from you!An Enhanced DBS check will be required.Related informationIs this page useful? Yes NoThank you for your feedbackIf you’d like to send us more details about your experience you can use our feedback form. This will be used to make improvements across the website.CloseThank you for your feedbackTo help us improve somerset.gov.uk, we would like to know more about your website visit today. It would really help if you could fill in our feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes.CloseThank you for your feedbackGet in touchpage for more information and advice on how to get in touch with one of our support teams

Expected salary

£30296 – 33945 per year

Location

Somerset

Job date

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 07:20:43 GMT

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