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Healthy Cornwall are an innovative team within the Wellbeing and Public Health Service of Cornwall Council with a passion to help people lead healthier lives. If you share our passion about wellbeing and helping others to improve their own personal wellbeing please read on. Cornwall has an ambition to become Smokefree by 2030 and through implementing the recently agreed Smokefree Generation we believe that we have the staff and resources to do it and so as part of this we are expanding our team to enhance the reach of our service. We thoroughly believe that it is an exciting time to be involved in providing stop smoking services and we are looking for a dynamic, motivated individual to join our team. Healthy Cornwall is a small team of dedicated professionals who provide a service with a smile to our customers whilst also striving to make a big difference for our population here in Cornwall.
The role:
We are looking to recruit a virtual smoking cessation support advisor to assist our increasingly busy service to help people quit smoking. This role will require you to work remotely (from home or one of our council offices), offering clients from across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly support over the phone and virtually (including email, text video calls and social media) providing clients with the tools they need to achieve a successful quit attempt.
This is a Fixed term post for a 24-month duration.
This position will be subject to a criminal record disclosure check.
What you’ll need to succeed:
We are looking for a dynamic individual, committed to improving the wellbeing of the residents of Cornwall, who can demonstrate:
- An ability to motivate and inspire behaviour change in individuals who may initially be resistant to change in order to facilitate health improvement.
- An ability to successfully deliver stop smoking interventions to individuals and advise on follow up support.
- A strong work ethic and the ability to work both individually and as part of a team towards shared objectives.
- Able to work flexibly across the week including a commitment to working regular evenings and occasional weekends.
- An ability to manage busy caseloads effectively.
- An ability to use evidence-based practice with a compassionate approach to tobacco dependency.
- An ability to effectively collect and document information appropriately within a database.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What you’ll get in return:
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
- · a competitive salary.
- · a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- · a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- · A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- · Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information:
The full role profile is attached here
For an informal discussion please contact Tom Liddicoat on 07522709067.
Application Process:
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Find out more about working and volunteering for us.
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
