Smoking Cessation Outreach Worker

Big Life group; Trafford; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

The Big Life Group in Trafford is seeking a Smoking Cessation Outreach Worker to deliver a flexible stop smoking service for people experiencing substance misuse across community and criminal justice settings.

You will work with individuals who may be disconnected from support, helping them build confidence to quit while collaborating with community organisations, health services and criminal justice partners to offer evidence-based interventions, NRT and vapes as part of nicotine reduction

Qualifications

• There are no specific listed qualifications in the provided HTML.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a creative, flexible stop smoking service for people experiencing substance misuse across community and criminal justice settings.
• Help people who may be disconnected from support to build confidence and motivation to stop smoking.
• Collaborate with community organisations, criminal justice partners and health services to provide evidence-based interventions, NRT and vapes as part of nicotine reduction plans.
• This is a rewarding outreach role where you’ll build trusted relationships, improve health outcomes and support people to make lasting changes to their wellbeing.
• This role requires enhanced level 1 vetting.

Job description

The Big Life Group’s mission is to fight for equity in health, in wealth and in life. We are a social business delivering a range of services across the North of England, covering everything from mental and physical health, addiction and criminal justice, to housing, education, family support and much more. What links them together is the way we work – The Big Life Way.

We always stand shoulder-to-shoulder with people, working with them on the things that matter most to them. Everything we do is designed and informed by the needs, priorities and strengths of people and communities.

If you’re looking for more than a job – if you want to be part of a team that’s bold, creative and relentlessly committed to equity – then Big Life could be the place for you.

The basics

Hours

21 hours per week

Annual leave

25 days, increasing to 30 days after five years (pro rata)

Base

Trafford

Line manager

Closing date for applications

14 October 2026. If you’ve applied for this role before, we still have your application on file, so you don’t need to apply again.

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What you’ll be doing

As our Smoking Cessation Outreach Worker, you’ll deliver a creative, flexible stop smoking service for people experiencing substance misuse across community and criminal justice settings.

You’ll work proactively with people who may have become disconnected from support or feel ambivalent about making changes, helping them build confidence and motivation to stop smoking. Working alongside community organisations, criminal justice partners and health services, you’ll provide evidence-based interventions, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and vapes as part of personalised nicotine reduction plans.

This is a rewarding outreach role where you’ll build trusted relationships, improve health outcomes and support people to make lasting changes to their wellbeing.

This role requires enhanced level 1 vetting.