Breastfeeding Peer Supporter

4 hours ago

Wakefield, United Kingdom Families and Babies Full time

Description

Title of role: Breastfeeding Peer Supporter for (Wakefield)

Hours: 12hrs over 2 days 9am-3pm

Days: TBC

Accountable to: Branch Manager and Assistant Branch Manager

**Salary**: £9.50

**Job Summary**

To work with health professionals to deliver a seamless approach to breastfeeding support within the local community.

Families and Babies work within culturally diverse areas, with a high proportion of families living in areas of deprivation, from ethnic minority groups, asylum seekers and high levels of teenage pregnancy. The post holder will work with relevant partners to ensure that Families and Babies is accessible to these and other population groups, vulnerable to health inequalities.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
- Working closely with health care professionals in breastfeeding clinics to offer breastfeeding support
- Supporting antenatal infant feeding education sessions independently and alongside health care professionals
- Facilitating breastfeeding support groups within the community
- Undertaking home visits in the antenatal and postnatal period to promote and support breastfeeding
- Providing breastfeeding support on hospital wards (full training and shadowing will be provided)
- Offering breastfeeding support and information in the antenatal period and beyond
- Maintaining contact with mothers throughout the first 6 weeks, working closely with health care professionals and keeping them informed of support given
- Keeping up to date records, recording all visits in the appropriate documents and in the neonatal notes / child health records as required
- Recognising the importance of maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Keeping managers informed of activities, concerns and developments
- Working within the limits of own competence and responsibility and referring issues beyond these limits to relevant agencies
- Taking an active role in own appraisal and attending any team meetings and training
- Completing paperwork relating to Families and Babies and keeping office staff informed of your whereabouts at all times
- Completing timesheets by agreed deadlines
- Maintaining and updating appropriate skills and being willing to undertake additional training where appropriate
- Taking responsibility for your own time management and organisation of paperwork
- Carrying out additional duties as requested by managers
- Car driver and use of car essential

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 12 per week

**Salary**: £10.52 per hour

Expected hours: 12 per week

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Wakefield

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