Infant Feeding Community Champion
2 months ago
Are you looking for a new adventure within the children’s community service?
Are you passionate about signposting parents to the correct support regarding infant feeding?
Are you a current or recently active peer supporter?
If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you
This is a new post designed to enhance the information and support available to parents regarding infant feeding. It is a progression from the role of peer support volunteer to a paid role. This new role will be an ideal stepping up position for a peer support volunteer who is interested in progressing in the area of infant feeding, and will involve promoting the peer support service to parents, health professionals and the community.
Liaising with Beside You Medway team
Promoting the peer support service to midwife and health visiting teams
attending community events and sessions to promote the service
facilitating the peer support social events on a regular basis
updating posters and message boards as needed
attending specialist clinic occasionally
maintaining own peer support role
identifying areas in which peer support may be developed in future
So what else?
This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The small print
Informal visits can be arranged on request.
We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
Communication and relationship skills
The post holder will need to be able to communicate effectively with health professionals and children and family hub staff in various venues around Medway. They will be expected to explain the peer support service and signpost clients to it, as well as provide information and resources to other professionals.
Knowledge, training and experience
The post holder will be a current or recently active peer supporter*, with an awareness of the range and limitations of this role, but able to provide basic information pertaining to responsive feeding, brain development in the infant and breastfeeding solutions if required. There will be ongoing supervision and further training as indicated. We will expect the post holder to continue as a volunteer peer supporter, as this new role has different and additional responsibilities.
It would be ideal for the post holder to have qualifications at NVQ3 level or equivalent in the areas of health improvement procedures, database management, information technology systems and software. For example: health and social care or IT NVQ or A levels.
- MCH peer supporters have received training from the National Childbirth Trust
Analytical and judgement skills
This role will involve planning how best to promote the service to mothers and health professionals, and assessing how information is received in order to raise awareness.
Planning and organisational skills
The post holder will need to plan their visits to maximise use of their time, and to liaise with other professionals as necessary; for example, attending a parent and baby group during the time it is held, or attending antenatal clinics during appointment times. Also, there will be the expectation of facilitating the social events and welcoming the parents attending.
Physical skills
The post holder will be expected to travel to different sites within Medway in a timely manner. They will also need to be able to carry a small amount of paperwork and attach posters etc to boards in some venues. There will be some computer/keyboard use with the potential for expanding in this area to include leaflet design etc. They will ideally have good keyboard skills to RSA level 2 or equivalent.
Responsibility for patient / client care
There will be some direct client contact, e.g. at the social events, and you will be responsible for ensuring you only share information that is accurate and within the scope of a peer supporter. As following a peer support session, documenting who was present will be required. No hands-on client contact is expected.
Responsibility for policy and service development implementation
The postholder w
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