Infant Feeding Practitioner

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom HENRY Full time

Job summary

HENRY Senior Infant Feeding Practitioner, Waltham Forest

Full time or part time fixed-term contract to 31 March 2025

(minimum to full time hours to be worked as full days 9am to 5pm over 3 to 5 days a week)

Full-time salary of £27,651 per annum, increasing by annual increments to £29,344 per annum. Actual pay will be pro-rated, eg ( hours) will be £16,590 increasing to £17,606 and will be £22,120 per annum increasing to £23,475

Are you passionate about babies and helping support families with their early feeding journeys?

We are seeking a Senior Practitioner to work alongside our Team Lead to support our Early Infant Feeding team, providing excellent infant feeding support to families in Waltham Forest.

With an empathic and caring approach, you will support families with both breastfeeding and bottle-feeding through face-to-face support in hospital settings and through delivery of virtual and face-to-face antenatal workshops. You will be able to build and maintain good relationships with our health and infant feeding partners to share our offer to help more local families find out about the service.

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who are from or represent our local community.

HENRY is a learning organisation with a strong culture rooted in development, self-reflection and partnership working. Our teams have a shared sense of unity, support and community building at the heart of what we do.

Main duties of the job

Please click on the link to the HENRY website for an application pack which gives full details about HENRY, the Early Infant Feeding Team service and this role in particular, including a job description and person specification.

To apply, please download and complete the application from the jobs page.

About us

Please click on the link to the HENRY website for an application pack which gives full details about HENRY, the Early Infant Feeding Team service and this role in particular, including a job description and person specification.

To apply, please download and complete the application from the jobs page.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please click on the link to the HENRY website for an application pack which gives full details about HENRY, the Early Infant Feeding Team service and this role in particular, including a job description and person specification.

To apply, please download and complete the applicationn from the jobs page.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Breastfeeding training, at least Peer Supporter level from a recognised organisation eg BfN, ABM, NCT

Experience

Essential

High motivation to contribute to HENRYs work and commitment to organisational values Working effectively as part of a team Empathic and non-judgemental, skilled at providing information and support using a partnership approach Excellent interpersonal skills able to build respectful and sensitive relationships with mothers, families and multi-agency partners Willingness to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends as required, to reach families Committed to diversity, equality and inclusion Able to manage and prioritise workload
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