Virtual Stop Smoking Advisor
Virtual Stop Smoking Advisor
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Job Description
This is a Fixed term post for initially a 12 month duration covering a secondment in the team.
The Service & Team:
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.
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 Healthy Cornwall smoking cessation service achieves positive outcomes for hundreds of people every year so why not apply to become part of our successful team!
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 public/customer-facing role where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern:
This vacancy is for a 30 hours a week (0.8 FTE equivalent).
This is a Fixed term post for initially a 12 month duration covering a secondment in the team.
What youll 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 youll get in return:
Cornwall Councils 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:
Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Olivia Davenport on either or.
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 demonstratewhy 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 if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
