Overview
Children and Young People – Targeted Interventions Coordinator
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to the lives of young people, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each young person as an individual and working with them to find the right support and care options.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
Are you passionate about helping young people change their lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Targeted Intervention Coordinator with our Kirklees Young Persons; service.
Our Targeted Intervention Coordinators play an integral role within Change Grow Live, engaging young people in a range of interventions, using a young person-centred approach, to equip them with the skills and knowledge they need to improve knowledge and awareness of the harms associated with smoking, vaping and alternative tobacco products, empowering them to make safe and informed choices and to prevent the uptake of these activities.
Location: Kirklees Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full‑time)Contract: 12 months FTC with the view to extend
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Responsibilities
About the Role:
- To lead and maintain the coordination of an effective Universal and Targeted CYP Smoking, vaping, and alternative tobacco use offer across Kirklees.
- To work alongside the Team Leader to identify partners and work together to develop localised pathways that ensure young people receive education around risks associated with smoking, vaping, and alternative tobacco use.
- To gather insight from CYP, parents and teachers in high smoking prevalence areas in Kirklees that will inform the development of interventions to reduce uptake of smoking and/or vaping.
- Expand and develop existing learning resources to offer structured universal, facilitated sessions and separately, an enhanced programme to support CYP deepen their knowledge, skills and behaviours relating to smoking, vaping, and use of alternative tobacco products.
- To develop and deliver universal and enhanced sessions to secondary schools across Kirklees.
- Support parents on how to engage in meaningful conversations with their children about the risk factors linked to smoking, vaping, and using alternative tobacco products, and risk-taking behaviours more generally.
About You:
- Experience of working with young people under 18.
- Experience of delivering training in person or online.
- Excellent understanding of smoking & vaping and drug or alcohol issues including experience of working within a related field.
- Experience of developing group work programmes and/or facilitating groups
- Experience of delivering training programmes
- To ensure the promotion of meaningful Service user involvement within the Service area.
- To deliver programmes of ad-hoc training to professionals
- To support the coordination and development of the service’s social media activity
What We Offer
- Enjoy a dedicated weekly Wellness Hour, access to our Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental and emotional health.
- We’re committed to your development, with extensive training, funded learning, and pathways into senior or specialist roles.
- Benefit from transparent pay, a contributory pension scheme, and additional support through our wellbeing resources.
- Start with 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays(pro rata), increasing to the maximum 30 days over five years of service.
- Join a supportive, values-led team where you’ll feel encouraged and valued from your very first day.
- Where possible, we’re open to discussing working patterns that help you maintain a healthy work–life balance.
- Enjoy discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays and more, along with our Refer a Friend scheme.
If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you !
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)
ILW / OLW /Fringe
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
If you have any questions or concerns on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:
Victoria Levy |
[email protected]This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
