Smoke Free Generation Lead Practitioner

The role of smoke free generation lead practitioner  – Smoke Free Generation is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of children and CYP (CYP). The role/s will be part of our existing Surrey CYP’s Substance Misuse Service (SYPSMS). You will be joining a supportive and dedicated team, who are driven to build and develop the self-esteem, confidence, and resilience of young people – reducing the potential harm, and enabling young people to lead healthy, happy, and productive lives.  

The overall aim of the Smoke Free Generation lead role is to design and be the lead to deliver a ‘smoke free generation’ prevention, cessation and education, service for CYP to reduce the smoking prevalence for young people aged 11-24 in Surrey and to stop and reduce the rate that young people take up smoking and vaping.

The service will consist of three components of service delivery: 

Component A - Smoking and Vaping Education Prevention Service
Component B - Smoking and Vaping Cessation Service - delivery of a gold standard, evidence-based approach, to reduce smoking and vaping among children and young people aged 11-24, using NICE Guidance. 
Component C - Education and Delivery Service -support CYP to stop vaping or smoking. Develop an education and delivery service to support young people who may be considering, vaping or smoking, that includes creating a network of Smoke Free Generation Ambassadors who can signpost and support young people to the appropriate information and services.  
 

The service model, is based on a tiered framework:

1. A specialist stop smoking service.
2. Brief advice / intervention
3. Self-help and signposting

You will work alongside the Surrey Young person Substance Misuse Practitioners, who will also have undertaken the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), and can support you in delivering interventions to CYP.

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