The Fife Health Promotion Service leads on approaches and services that maintain and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities: covering the life course of population health, from early years and children, adults and older adults. We are looking for a full time Health Promotion Support Worker to support the delivery of the Fife Health & Social Care Partnership’s Tobacco & Vaping Prevention and Protection portfolio. The postholder will work predominantly with this portfolio whilst supporting and working closely with the Health Promotion Specialist Stop Smoking & Vaping Service.
Tobacco and Vaping Prevention, Protection and Cessation contributes towards improving population health in line with national legislation and local strategies and policy. Including the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016, the Tobacco and Vaping Framework: Roadmap to 2034 and Fife Health & Social Care Partnership’s Prevention and Early Intervention Strategy.
The successful candidate will support the planning and coordination of the Prevention & Protection portfolio and workplans, working closely with Health Promotion Officers and the Tobacco & Vaping Lead.
Priority work and key skills include: -
* Support & evaluate SmokeFree prevention education programmes for children and young people across all Fife secondary and primary schools
* Support groups of interested parties to consult and report local challenges and achievements.
* Support the recruitment of peer representation from pupils at secondary schools in Fife: encouraging a whole systems approach to understanding the risk factors that can affect children and young people through tobacco and vaping use and how these can be mitigated.
* Key involvement and support for the promotion, direction and evaluation of targeted stop smoking or vaping interventions.
* Ability to motivate self and others in order to meet deadlines and maintain clear records and reports.
* Effective networking and communication with the Health Promotion Service team, Tobacco & Vaping team and a range of stakeholders from across FHSCP, Education, NHS, 3rd Sector and statutory organisations.
* Support the delivery of the prevention portfolio workstream and SmokeFree initiatives, ensuring compliance with policy and legislation in NHS Fife spaces.
We require current experience of working with health improvement, community development or education and for the postholder to have some knowledge of tobacco and vaping issues both in theory and practice understanding the impact on population health.
Informal Enquiries: Email Patricia Allan (fife.healthpromotion@nhs.scot) or call Patricia on Tel: 0800 025 3000 Mobile - 07845 410708
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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