Smoking Cessation School Worker

**About the role**:
**Do you want to make a real difference for Young People in Lancashire? Are you looking for a job that gives a great work/life balance around school holidays and childcare? Do you want to play a part in helping Lancashire become Smokefree?**

**If so, this role could be exactly what you're looking for....**

**Our Smoke Free School Workers deliver awareness assemblies and group work sessions to young people, professionals and parents in schools around smoking and vaping. You will be working as part of an amazing team at WithYou, and supporting Change, Grow, Live to deliver the young people's element of the service - Lancashire Smoke Free.**

**Company Benefits**:

- ** 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays**:

- ** An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice**:

- ** Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave**:

- ** 2 days paid volunteer leave per year**:

- ** Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme**:

- ** Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands**:

- ** Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing**:

- ** We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period**

**Essential Skills**:
**To be able to do this job successfully, you will have**:

- ** OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months**:

- ** experience of working with Young People and/or a qualification in substance misuse, mental health, psychology, nursing or youth work**:

- ** a confident and engaging presenter able to communicate information to large groups of young people**:

- ** knowledge and understanding of: issues affecting young people, vaping, smoking cessation, solution focussed brief therapy and/or motivational interviewing**:

- ** excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations to large groups of young people**:

- ** the ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience**:

- ** good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands**:

- ** effective IT skills, able to use different packages and digital media**:

- ** access to a vehicle and a full UK driving licence**

**About Us**:
**WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health across England and Scotland.**

**Our name reflects who we are - a positive place where people can progress, connect with others and get friendly, expert help in a way that’s right for them.**

**Our staff team changes lives. If you’re passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol and mental health, we’d love to hear from you.**

**Creating an Inclusive Environment**:
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.