Breathe Smoking Cessation Trainer/ Volunteer lead inCamden inCamden PUBLISHED THU 14 NOV 2024

This post will be based at Breathe's Camden office and will form an intrinsic part of the team. The post holder will work flexibly across the boroughs of Camden and Islington to deliver Smoking Cessation training and raise awareness of the service, supporting the referral process. They will identify and train a wide range of stakeholders, including clinicians and other health and social care professionals, as well as various community groups and the general population.

In addition, the post holder will be responsible for recruiting, training and supporting volunteers in the Stop Smoking Service.

The post will contribute social value to the residents of Camden and Islington by delivering training and other interventions in community venues and groups, empowering the community's response to smoking related issues.

• Be responsible for the day-to-day management of the project across Camden and Islington and act as a single point of contact, ensuring delivery against timelines, escalating issues and reporting highlights within the governance process as appropriate.
• Promote and deliver audience-appropriate training on evidence-based care and disseminate best practice, often working alone.
• Assist to develop, pilot and implement an online Breathe modular level 2 training.
• Design, develop, review, implement and evaluate the training requirements regularly with support of others, to ensure that the needs of clients, stakeholders and services can be met.
• Lead on the implementation at local levels of national Stop Smoking campaigns and World Days/Weeks/Months (e.g. Stoptober, NSD, Lung awareness month etc).
• Maintain accurate records of trainings, collect data and provide written reports as required.

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• Be responsible for the day-to-day management of the project across Camden and Islington and act as a single point of contact, ensuring delivery against timelines, escalating issues and reporting highlights within the governance process as appropriate.
• Promote and deliver audience-appropriate training on evidence-based care and disseminate best practice, often working alone.
• Assist to develop, pilot and implement an online Breathe modular level 2 training.
• Design, develop, review, implement and evaluate the training requirements regularly with support of others, to ensure that the needs of clients, stakeholders and services can be met.
• Lead on the implementation at local levels of national Stop Smoking campaigns and World Days/Weeks/Months (e.g. Stoptober, NSD, Lung awareness month etc).
• Maintain accurate records of trainings, collect data and provide written reports as required.
• Produce robust and realistic project plans, using appropriate methodology and leading to the implementation of actions and outcomes required to deliver the projects in line with agreed timescales.
• Maintain a full and accurate audit trail of key decisions, actions and outputs, including but not limited to risk and issue logs, project/milestone plans, update/highlight reports, and action plans, and to adjust, if targets/deadlines are not met.
• Participate in the evaluation of the training and produce documents, reports and presentations on a regular basis.
• Link in with the GP/pharmacy lead to ensure the smooth and robust delivery of level 2 training.
• Review the project status regularly to ensure that time scales and other requirements of the project plan are being met.
• Ensure that the perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders are integrated into the work of the project, working with teams and managers to identify training needs and develop new ways of delivering training.
• Undertake extensive community engagement and community involvement, including to identify training needs and consider co-production.
• Promote the service and facilitate referrals as required.
• Manage internal and external barriers to engagement with training
• Be self-motivated and able to work on their own. The post holder will be required to work autonomously with minimal supervision, managing own workload and schedule
• Recruit, train and lead the volunteers for Camden and Islington Stop Smoking Service
• Supervise, support and provide adequate training to the volunteers to ensure they are equipped with appropriate skills and well managed to carry out their roles.