Job Description Merton Risk and Resilience is an integrated service that focuses on mitigating risks and promoting resilience in children and young people (CYP), who are going missing from home, experiencing child exploitation (CE), or using substances. 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 role is to design and deliver a ‘smoke free generation’ prevention, cessation and education, service for CYP to reduce the smoking prevalence for young people aged 11-24 in Merton 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 Prevention Service Component B - Stop Smoking Service Component C - Education and Delivery Service The service model, is based on a tiered framework: A specialist stop smoking service. Brief advice / intervention Self-help and signposting You will work alongside the Risk and Resilience practitioners, who will also have undertaken the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), and can support you in delivering interventions to CYP. Main Duties & Accountabilities Lead on Smoking and Vaping Prevention Service - based on ‘Stopping the Start across all ages covered by the core service, ages 11- 24. Provided evidence-based approach, to stop smoking services for children and young people aged 11-24 using nice guidelines. Provide education and delivery service to support CYP who may be considering, vaping, or smoking, which includes creating a network of Smoke Free Generation Ambassadors who can signpost and support young people to the appropriate information and services. Establish effective pathways and referral routes to support CYP requiring additional support e.g., school nursing team, educators, Smoke Free Generation Ambassadors, parents and carers, health visiting, general practice, youth providers and mental health. Design and deliver a range of prevention, cessation and education This post will involve travel across the borough, and occasional evening and weekend working. Please click here to view the full Job Description.