Description We have an exciting opportunity for someone to become part of our stop smoking team to work specifically with individuals with mental ill health to support them to quit smoking and to lead a healthier lifestyle. The Service & Team: Healthy Cornwall is based within the Wellbeing and Public Health Service in Cornwall Council. Healthy Cornwall strives to reduce health inequalities by taking a targeted approach and working with individuals and communities with the most need, situated in areas of high deprivation or those who are socially excluded. The Role: The postholder will be part of the stop smoking team and will work specifically with individuals with mental ill health to support them to quit smoking and to lead a healthier lifestyle. The postholder will seek to understand the barriers communities and individuals who experience mental ill health face in engaging with stop smoking support. Advisors will offer support around stop smoking specific behaviours and work to support individuals to overcome their barriers around stop smoking. This will mean working closely with communities, partners and fellow professionals that also support individuals with mental ill health to deliver and promote consistent and evidence-based practice. Training for this role will be available for all incoming staff. This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies. This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check. Working Pattern: This role is for 37 hours per week, mainly working Monday to Friday, including some evening working and some occasional weekend working. What you’ll need to succeed: Ideally we are looking for someone with: A degree or professional qualification in a relevant field, such as, education, health, health promotion or similar e.g. Health Coaching, Level 3 Education & Training. PLUS Level 2/3 (Practitioner) smoking cessation competencies plus mental health module Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Experience of working with mental health service users. The ability to work using a community development approach with people and building effective working relationships. Experience of receiving & communicating personal and sensitive information on a range of health-related topics and signposting to other services where appropriate. An ability to motivate, inspire and influence mental health service users and staff to include the importance of smoking cessation. Experience of working with partner organisations to deliver tailored health interventions. The ability to use health coaching as a technique to delivering community-based interventions. A flexible, solution focussed and adaptable approach to enable confident working within multiple programme areas. The ability to operate confidently and independently in an environment where IT is the main method of record keeping, communication and programme management. This will include the use of virtual platforms (e.g. MS Teams) for service delivery as part of an online offer. Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert What you’ll get in return: Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met. Our core employee rewards and benefits include: · a competitive salary. · a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions · a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. · A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme · Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services. Additional Information: Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role The full role profile is attached here We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview. For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Lewis Jones - lewis.jones@cornwall.gov.uk Application Process Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process. Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application. Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.