Job description

Job responsibilities

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. This position will involve travelling to schools and Young People's settings across Central (Preston) and East Lancashire (Burnley). The role is for term-time only and the salary will be pro-rated. 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

DE&I As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans. As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. WithYou is also a Disability Confident Employer, and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role. 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.

Job responsibilities

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. This position will involve travelling to schools and Young People's settings across Central (Preston) and East Lancashire (Burnley). The role is for term-time only and the salary will be pro-rated. 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

DE&I As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans. As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. WithYou is also a Disability Confident Employer, and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role. 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months
• Access to a vehicle and a full UK driving licence
• This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS and barred lists check.

Experience

Essential

• To be able to do this job successfully, you will have:
• 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

Qualifications

Essential

• OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months
• Access to a vehicle and a full UK driving licence
• This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS and barred lists check.

Experience

Essential

• To be able to do this job successfully, you will have:
• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

We Are With You

Address

Preston

Preston

PR1 1HQ

Employer's website

https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)