Smoke Free Generation Lead Practitioner

Company Description

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our ‘3Ps’.

We achieve this in two ways. Firstly, we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change ‘the system’, to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

Young People and Families

Our Young People and Families (YPF) hub provides early intervention, targeted and specialist support services to those in crisis, leaving care, missing from home or with substance misuse or mental health problems. Our services support people no matter what their situation – and have demonstrated a high success rate.

This is a partnership role with Mindworks Surrey.

Job Description

The role of smoke free generation lead practitioner – Smoke Free Generation is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of children and CYP (CYP). The role/s will be part of our existing Surrey CYP’s Substance Misuse Service (SYPSMS). You will be joining a supportive and dedicated team, who are driven to build and develop the self-esteem, confidence, and resilience of young people – reducing the potential harm, and enabling young people to lead healthy, happy, and productive lives.

The overall aim of the Smoke Free Generation lead role is to design and be the lead to deliver a ‘smoke free generation’ prevention, cessation and education, service for CYP to reduce the smoking prevalence for young people aged 11-24 in Surrey and to stop and reduce the rate that young people take up smoking and vaping.

The service will consist of three components of service delivery:

Component A – Smoking and Vaping Education Prevention Service

Component B – Smoking and Vaping Cessation Service – delivery of a gold standard, evidence-based approach, to reduce smoking and vaping among children and young people aged 11-24, using NICE Guidance.

Component C – Education and Delivery Service -support CYP to stop vaping or smoking. Develop an education and delivery service to support young people who may be considering, vaping or smoking, that includes creating a network of Smoke Free Generation Ambassadors who can signpost and support young people to the appropriate information and services.

The service model, is based on a tiered framework:

1. A specialist stop smoking service.
2. Brief advice / intervention
3. Self-help and signposting

You will work alongside the Surrey Young person Substance Misuse Practitioners, who will also have undertaken the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), and can support you in delivering interventions to CYP.

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Qualifications

• A relevant qualification such as youth work, counselling, health and social care, and/or relevant experience of therapeutic delivery, and alternative suitable qualifications.
• Good communication, organisational, and ICT skills.

What does good look like for this role?

• You will demonstrate knowledge and competency in delivering young Smoking Cessation interventions, to a wide arrange of individuals, according to their needs.
• You will have knowledge/understanding and or direct experience of supporting C&YP who are experiencing difficulties with their emotional wellbeing and mental health.
• You will evidence that you are able to work to a high standard of record keeping in a timely manner, in accordance with Catch22 delivery outcomes, targets and recording procedures.
• You will be able to deliver and evidence high quality engagement and support to the young people and families we work with.
• You will communicate and work collaboratively, constructively and effectively with colleagues and partner agencies, ensuring effective partnership working, representing Catch22 professionally at all times, and contributing positively to the team and Catch22.

Additional Information

Salary: £18,513 pro rata; £32,618.14 FTE (37 hours)

Hours of Work: 21 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Flexibility: Opportunities for flexible homeworking available (main office is in Leatherhead)

• 2 x Smoke Free Generation Lead Practitioner- one to cover the East of Surrey and one to cover the West of Surrey.
• This role requires an up to date driving licence, access to a vehicle, MOT and business insurance.
• You may be required to work out of hours, including evenings and weekends where necessary, in addition to travel around Surrey on a daily basis, and occasional travel around the UK.
• Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check required.

Catch22 is committed to staff recruitment and retention and offers a range of training, learning and development opportunities. Your continuous professional development is as important to us as it is to you.

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

If you are applying for this role and are care experienced/care leaver, Catch22 offers a mentor to assist with the application process. Please contact cath.forshaw@catch-22.org.uk if you would like to find out more about this support. This information will not be passed to the team recruiting for this position. For more information about the Propel Programme and a guide for candidates who wish to join the programme, please see here. You can also watch an animation on the programme here.

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