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Infant Feeding Practitioner

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Job summary

HENRY Senior Infant Feeding Practitioner, Waltham Forest

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

(minimum 22.5 to full time 37.5 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 0.6fte (22.5 hours) will be £16,590 increasing to £17,606 and 0.8fte 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.

Details

Date posted

16 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,078 to £27,132 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0209-24-0001

Job locations

Barts Health Nhs Trust

Whipps Cross Road

London

E11 1NR


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.

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
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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

HENRY

Address

Barts Health Nhs Trust

Whipps Cross Road

London

E11 1NR


Employer's website

https://www.henry.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

HENRY

Address

Barts Health Nhs Trust

Whipps Cross Road

London

E11 1NR


Employer's website

https://www.henry.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Kelly Pascall

kelly.pascall@henry.org.uk

Details

Date posted

16 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,078 to £27,132 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0209-24-0001

Job locations

Barts Health Nhs Trust

Whipps Cross Road

London

E11 1NR


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