North Lincolnshire Council
Job title:
Baby Feeding Practitioner
Company
North Lincolnshire Council
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the North Lincolnshire Baby Feeding Team as one of our Baby Feeding Practitioners. This role will be a fixed term contract until the end of March 2026.The successful candidate will ideally have had personal experience of breastfeeding or, if not, significant experience of supporting women to breastfeed. The post holders will work with parents across North Lincolnshire to raise awareness of the importance and benefits of breastfeeding, particularly in the antenatal period. They will support all women to initiate and continue to breastfeed for as long as they wish with a focus on families in our most deprived communities.Breastfeeding is an important public health issue because it promotes health, prevents disease and helps contribute to reducing health inequalities. If you are passionate about breastfeeding and extending your knowledge and skill base to support, educate and inform the families in our care, then this may be the opportunity you are looking for. If successful, you will be an integral part of our team and an important part of the infant and their family’s development.The role includes providing education and support to mothers in both the antenatal and postnatal periods, within the hospital environment as well as in the home and community settings.The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of working within a multi-agency partnership and have the ability to work collaboratively and creatively. They will work closely with the Baby Feeding Team Leader, Baby Feeding Team Senior Practitioner, existing Baby Feeding Team Practitioners and volunteer peer supporters as well as other local authority services and external organisations. They will be influential in delivering services to ensure that breastfeeding information, support and advice is available to all parents in order to improve breastfeeding rates and reduce health inequalities.Excellent communication and engagement skills are essential, as is the ability to work with parents from a range of diverse cultures and backgrounds in order to ensure that the service is accessible to all population groups.For an informal discussion please contact Melanie Moore, Baby Feeding Team Leader on 07717587401 or Alison Jollands, Public Health Coordinator on 07818 470288Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.
Expected salary
£13400 – 14275 per year
Location
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Job date
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:20:32 GMT
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