CYP Vaping and Stop Smoking Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working collaboratively with ABL Health and other partner agencies, you will help design and deliver creative campaigns, evidence-based workshops, and practical resources that inspire young people to make healthier choices and empower schools to build supportive, smoke-free environments.

Your key responsibilities will be:

1. Awareness & Education

Deliver engaging assemblies tailored to school audiences, using visuals, real stories, and interactive elements.

Facilitate workshops that educate students on the risks of smoking / vaping and promote quitting through tools like savings calculators and creative tasks.

Provide group and 1:1 support for students identified through assemblies and workshops, including CO readings and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in line with government guidelines.

2. Marketing & Campaigns

Collaborate with ABL Health and other agencies to implement a multi-channel marketing campaign targeting youth smoking, vaping, and cannabis use.

Contribute to content creation for social media, influencer partnerships, and traditional marketing materials.

Support campaign performance tracking through data analytics and student feedback.

3. Staff & Parent Training

Deliver regular teacher training sessions using the Train the Trainer model to include:

o Very Brief Advice (20 mins): Basic smoking cessation knowledge and resources.

Host at least one parent webinar per quarter to educate families on youth nicotine addiction and available support.

4. Resource Development

Assist in creating a guidance pack for schools on supporting pupils addicted to nicotine and referral pathways for wider support.

Proposed Weekly Schedule to cover ;

Two full days in schools, typically including:

o Assemblies (1 long or 2 short)

o Morning, lunch, and afternoon workshops

o Drop-in clinics during break, lunch, and after school

Monthly / Quarterly

teacher training sessions

One parent webinar

Other requests on a case by case basis

Standard Information

Information Governance

Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.

The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The postholder must comply with ABLs policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABLs records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.

Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Safeguarding is Everyones Business

ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. As a consequence, all ABLs employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies / procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.

Smoke Free

ABL is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.

Training

The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.

The ra nge of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.

Equality, Diversity & Human Rights

It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality and respect human rights

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Strong understanding of public health, smoking cessation, and the wider determinants of youth wellbeing.

Desirable

• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment, and early intervention approaches for CYP.
• A recognised qualification in public health, youth work, education, or a related discipline.

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience working with children and young people, ideally in an education, youth work, or health promotion setting.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills able to engage and inspire diverse audiences.
• Confident in delivering interactive workshops and group sessions in school or community environments.

Desirable

• Experience in delivering training sessions to professionals or community groups.
• Familiarity with youth marketing, social media, and digital engagement strategies.
• Experience conducting CO monitoring and providing nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).

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

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Burlington House, Crosby Road North Waterloo

Sefton

L22 0PJ

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)