Senior Smoke Free Practitioner

Change Grow Live; Accrington; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Wellness hour

contributory pension

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Training & progression

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Accrington is seeking a Senior Smoke Free Practitioner to lead a specialist team delivering stop smoking services. You will provide advice, information and personalised plans to help individuals quit, while line-managing staff and driving service improvements.

The role requires extensive experience in health or social care interventions, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate programmes across Lancashire.

Qualifications

• Understanding the harms of smoking and related health risks.
• Experience delivering health and/or social care interventions.
• Experience providing line management, supervision and appraisals.
• Experience carrying out assessments and delivering tailored interventions.
• Able to work well within a team and adapt to demands.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Promote the benefits of stop smoking services and participation across Lancashire.
• Lead a specialist team delivering brief advice and structured programmes.
• Lead on work-streams to tailor services for target groups.
• Engage with communities to raise awareness of health impacts and encourage referrals.
• Support the Service Manager to meet service targets.
• Provide line management, supervision and appraisals to Specialists.

Skills

Smoking cessation knowledge

Health and social care experience

Line management

Assessments & interventions

Team player

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Change Grow Liveare a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

Smokefree Lancashire has been commissioned to deliver the stop smoking service across 12 districts of Lancashire. Our goal is to make smoking cessation a priority for everyone. We provide advice and information to people who want to quit smoking and develop personalised plans during one-to-one support sessions. We also offer groupwork sessions, pharmacotherapy and deliver training to our partner agencies.

We have an exciting opportunity a Senior Smoke Free Practitioner to join our Smokefree Lancashire service. The new post holders will join our dedicated team, providing advice and information to people who want to quit smoking as well as line managing a team.

Locations: Accrington

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent contract

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• To promote the benefits of smoking stopping smoking and the stop smoking services
• To lead a specialist team providing brief advice and structured programmes to a wide population of individuals across Lancashire
• To lead on key work-streams as required to ensure that services are appropriately tailored and targeted to specific target groups.
• Engage with the wider community to increase understanding of the impacts of smoking on health and wellbeing and encourage appropriate referrals.
• Support the Service Manager to ensure service targets are achieved
• Provide line management, supervision and appraisals to Specialists.

About you:

• Understanding and knowledge of the harmful effects associated with smoking.
• Experience of delivering health and/or social care interventions.
• Experience of providing line management, supervision andappraisals to staff or volunteers.
• Experience of carrying out assessments and deliveringinterventions matched to identified needs.
• Be able to work as part of a team
• Respond flexibly to the demands of the post
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the treatments and interventions available to smokers.
• Experience of providing line management, supervision and appraisals to staff or volunteers.
• Communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing.

What We Offer:

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.

• A dedicated 'Wellness' hour each week, access to a 'Wellness' hub, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Participation in a contributory pension scheme.
• A wide range of benefits, including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, and more.
• A warm and supportive team environment.
• Extensive training, career development, and progression opportunities.
• Generous refer a friend scheme.

A note about using AI in your application

AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.

We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.

There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 22 to 25 (£27,811.31 - £30,268.05)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

9/11/2026

Closing Date

18/10/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Alexandra Kennedy | [e-mail] | 07831824730

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.