Stop Smoking Advisor West Suffolk
£24,154.72 to £25,867.77
37 hours per week
Working hours are flexible but must meet the demand of clients’ needs and include events
Covering Bury St. Edmunds
There will also be the opportunity to support and deliver events across Suffolk.
Feel Good Suffolk is an exciting collaboration across Suffolk with the aim of empowering clients to take control of their health and wellbeing with health improvement changes such as weight management, increasing physical activity levels, and stopping smoking.
With the exciting news of national investment to create a Smoke Free Generation (SFG), we’re looking to appoint two Stop Smoking Advisor’s to work with residents across West Suffolk to drive this change.
Key Responsibilities:
• Receive and process referrals
• Undertake initial triages
• Plan and facilitate interventions
• Supporting the local communities by provide stop smoking support to adults by telephone, video call and face to face in community venues on a one-to-one and group basis.
• Supporting Suffolk wide events e.g. Suffolk Show and Health and Wellbeing events.
• Maintain own workload and schedule.
Requirements:
• A strong understanding of health behaviours and experience of working with people to make positive changes to their lifestyle.
• Experience of working with individuals from a variety of backgrounds with differing levels of needs and balancing casework.
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work under pressure to tight timescales over a period of time
• Strong communication skills
• Active listening skills.
• Knowledge of local areas and communities, specifically Newmarket, Mildenhall and Brandon.
Qualifications:
• A DBS enhanced disclosure will be required for this post.
• NCSCT certified stop smoking practitioner qualification
• additional enhanced NCSCT qualifications welcome
• Health or Community related qualification
• Health Coaching Qualifications
Individuals with smoking cessation backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
Abbeycroft can offer you:
• A Multisite membership
• A discounted multisite membership for someone that lives with you
• Free child swims (Not lessons)
• Annual Leave entitlement
• Pension Scheme with NEST
• Opportunities for career development and progression
We also offer Westfield Health Benefits which include Mental, Physical health and financial support, a 24/7 DoctorLineTM, access to Togetherall and generous Highstreet discounts and cashback.
Closing Date: 27th August 2025
Interviews will take place online via Teams on: 28th and 29th August 2025
Join our team at Abbeycroft and become part of a rewarding journey dedicated to community well-being. Apply now to start your adventure with us!
As a Disability Confident Employer we encourage you to let us know If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of the recruitment/selection process. We will guarantee an interview to a candidate with a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010, if they otherwise meet the minimum selection requirements.
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