Children and Young People Advisor

Thrive Tribe; Winchester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular team events

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing support

Rewards portal discounts

Enhanced parental leave

23 days holiday (increasing)

Values-driven culture

Job summary

Thrive Tribe is recruiting a Children and Young People Stop Smoking Advisor to deliver specialist stop smoking support across Hampshire, with a focus on youth. You will provide tailored interventions, education and vape cessation support, working closely with schools and partner agencies to promote the service.

The role requires flexible delivery, including face-to-face, remote and community-based activities, and travel across Hampshire.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering stop smoking services to young people is desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively with partner agencies.
• Willingness to travel across Hampshire and work flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one and group stop smoking support to children and young people (face-to-face and remote).
• Assess young people's smoking habits, motivation to quit, and risk factors.
• Develop personalised quit plans including NRT advice where appropriate and within local guidelines.
• Deliver engaging, age-appropriate education on health risks of smoking and benefits of quitting.
• Engage with schools, youth organisations and partners to promote the service.

Job description

Join us on our journey to empower over a million people to change their behaviours and thrive!

At Thrive Tribe we deliver award-winning healthy lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that make people happier and healthier!

It’s a super exciting time to join us as we begin to deliver our newly awarded Smoking Cessation support service across Hampshire, and we’re looking for a Children and Young People Stop Smoking Advisor to join us!

Our programme is designed to support residents of Hampshire access the support they need to stop smoking. This can be done through a number of approaches and will include the supply of Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRT) being sent to them. Combining these, with digital, remote or face-to face appointments with Stop Smoking Advisors to support them to ensure their quit attempt is successful.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide specialist stop smoking support and advice to children and young people across Hampshire, helping them to quit smoking and maintain a smoke‑free lifestyle.

This role will involve delivering tailored interventions, providing education and raising awareness about the harms of smoking, and working collaboratively with partner agencies to support young people. There is also a big emphasis on this role to provide vape cessation support for this cohort.

Like all roles at Thrive Tribe, you can expect your time at work to be fun, varied and challenging. We don’t like to stick to a firm JD as we know from experience that things change throughout the lifetime of a role and it gives our people the chance to play to their strengths.

A typical day as a Children and Young People Stop Smoking Advisor might include:

• Provide one-to-one and group-based stop smoking support to children and young people, utilising evidence-based behavioural change techniques (face-to-face and remotely)
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of young people's smoking habits, motivation to quit, and any associated risk factors.
• Develop personalised quit plans tailored to the individual needs of young people, including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) advice where appropriate and within local guidelines.
• Deliver engaging and age-appropriate educational sessions on the health risks of smoking and the benefits of quitting.
• Provide ongoing support and relapse prevention strategies to young people throughout their quit journey.
• Develop and deliver outreach activities to engage young people in stop smoking services, including school visits, community events, and online campaigns.
• Build strong relationships with schools, youth organisations, and other relevant agencies to promote the service and facilitate referrals (co-production with such partners will be a core component to ensuring we provide an effective service).
• Raise awareness of the service and the harms of smoking among young people, parents, and professionals.
• Work to reduce health inequalities, and target areas and communities with high smoking prevalence among young people.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest evidence-based stop smoking interventions and best practices for working with young people.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of training for other professionals working with young people.
• Collaborate with other professionals, including school nurses, social workers, and youth workers, to provide holistic support to young people.
• Attend multi-agency meetings to discuss and coordinate support for young people.
• Contribute to the development of local strategies and initiatives to reduce smoking prevalence among young people.
• Provide vape cessation support to children and young people
• Provide education on tobacco and nicotine products to key stakeholders
• Work with partner organisations and colleagues across the healthcare system (and integrated care system as a whole) to help improve service uptake and meet targets
• Ensure an excellent and safe experience for clients, in alignment with our policies and procedures
• Engage in training relevant to your role, such as NCSCT Stop Smoking training and Behaviour Change Level 1 and 2
• Work with colleagues across all of our Thrive Tribe services to contribute to new projects and service developments – we’re always looking to share knowledge and resources!
• Ensue due consideration is given to Information Governance and Clinical Governance legislation, requirements and guidance
• Help us maintain the ethos of Thrive Tribe by driving our organisational culture forward across our services and using every opportunity to embed our values!

About you…

More than anything, we are looking for a team player who puts their heart in to their work. We’ve got some core values that run through everything we do, and we’d love it if they resonate with you too!

Be the change

You like helping people. You’ll be working with those who need help the most, empowering them to make positive changes to thrive.

Be effective

You’re patient and can adapt under pressure. Always happy to make time for other people. And have a great attitude.

Be happy

You recognise the power of a smile. You value a fun, supportive workplace and want to come to work raring to go (check out our rating on Glassdoor).

Be successful

You are motivated and driven. Happy working solo or as part of a team, you love meeting targets. And will be given opportunities to contribute and develop your career.

Be big-hearted

You want to make a difference. Working with a like-minded team of optimistic people, we want the same thing to do meaningful work and change lives.

Perks...

Every person makes Thrive Tribe the incredible place it is to work and play together, we’re unstoppable. Within our buzzing environment our talented people work hard but we ensure lots of fun is thrown in too! We offer you;

• Regular team events and activities, including ThriveFest and our annual Challenge Weekend (for those who want to put their fitness to the test!)
• Flexible working – we’re serious about life/work balance
• Tailored health and wellbeing support such as access to life coaching
• Rewards portal offering discounts on shops, restaurants, and days out
• Enhanced parental leave
• 23 days holiday, increasing every year up to a maximum of 29 days (plus Bank Holidays!)
• And last but not least, a day on us to live by our values!

Contract:

Permanent, Full time.

Salary:

26,000

Location:

This is primarily a community based role, requiring regular travel across Hampshire to deliver face to face appointments, clinics, engagement workshops and events. You should expect to spend the majority of your working hours delivering within the community.

When you are not required to be working in the community, you will be able to work from home to complete administration and service-related activities. You will also be expected to have the flexibility to deliver appointments remotely, where appropriate.

You must have access to a car and comfortable travelling across Hampshire as required by the service. You will be able to claim Business travel expenses in line with Thrive Tribe's travel expenses policy.

Learn more about Smoke free Hampshire: https://smokefreehampshire.co.uk/

Got a question?

Please contact Lucy Brooks, Community Lead on [e-mail]

We believe that every person has the right to thrive at work, which is why we are committed to equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate. Should you require any specific accommodations in the recruitment process please let us know in your application.

Please note, the successful applicant will be required to have the right to work in the UK.