Camden Baby Feeding Team Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensure all Camden mothers referred into the service (including self-referrals) are offered infant feeding support using a person-centred, strengths-based, non-judgemental approach informed by experiential knowledge.

Ensure that Camden Baby Feeding service provision continues to be offered to a high standard and is monitored against the required outcomes including face to face support either in home or group settings, individual telephone or video calls.

Provide line management and facilitate supervision/reflective practice for the Baby Feeding practitioners.

Hold regular team meetings to discuss operational matters and provide opportunity for feedback.

Ensure documentation is accurate and up to date and monitor and promotes high standards of documentation within the team.

Carry out audit and evaluation of the service to inform quality and service improvement planning including supporting with Baby Friendly Initiative staff and mothers audits.

Use Health Roster to manage the annual leave/study leave/sick leave of all team members in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, ensuring the service is covered and reporting shortfalls to manager as appropriate.

Carry out appraisals and support team members effectively during personal development review process and enable them to meet their development objectives.

Demonstrate effective delegation to areas of practice ensuring that delegation is accompanied by empowerment.

Objectively analyses the work of individuals and the wider team using data driven tools such as performance reports, 6-8 week breastfeeding data and patient feedback data in order to provide clear, constructive feedback to the team in a manner most likely to maintain and improve performance.

Oversee the Camden Baby Feeding Team Volunteer training programme, ensuring a high standard of training is delivered to volunteers.

Support the Camden Baby Feeding Team Volunteer Coordinator with supervision and oversight of the Camden Baby Feeding Team Volunteers.

Supports recruitment and retention of new members of the Baby Feeding service team.

Facilitates orientation, training and supervision for new members of staff.

Partnership working

Work closely with the Community Infant feeding Coordinator to maintain the Baby Friendly Standards and ensure that all areas of the service adhere to the International Code of Breast Milk Substitutes.

Work closely with the Health Visitors in Camden and update them on new initiatives or developments within the Camden Baby Feeding service.

Work closely with Early Years services within Children Centres & Family Hubs, to promote high standards in infant feeding support across Camden.

Liaise with Maternity services to oversee the attendance of the Baby Feeding Practitioners on the postnatal ward and promote the Camden Baby Feeding Service.

Work closely with service user representatives, other partners and stakeholders, developing robust and effective working relationships. To analyse the feedback gathered from service users, partners and parent champions in order to plan and implement changes or improvements to service delivery that fit well with the wider Family Hubs programme.

Attend the Start for Life and Family Hubs Transformation Group meetings.

Attend the Infant Feeding and Early Nutrition steering group.

Deliver infant feeding training sessions and co-facilitate the Baby Friendly 2 day training programme for Health Visiting and Early Years Staff

Provide regular updates at the Health Visiting Forum.

Deliver infant feeding antenatal sessions as required in collaboration with the wider Early Years Service.

Deputise for the Infant Feeding Coordinator to attend meetings as and when required.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to at least BTEC or equivalent in a healthcare related field.
• Qualification in Breastfeeding Peer Support from a recognised National Awarding Body, e.g. Breastfeeding Network Supporter, NCT Counsellor, or other equivalent Breastfeeding Support qualification.
• IBCLC qualification or is working towards the qualification.

Desirable

• UNICEF Baby Friendly Breastfeeding and Early Relationship Building course
• UNICEF audit training
• UNICEF train the trainer
• Training in Breastfeeding Peer Supporter Supervision

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in an NHS hospital or community setting with service user contact
• Substantial experience working or volunteering, paid or unpaid supporting parents with feeding their babies in a hospital, home and /or community setting
• Knowledge of how breastfeeding works and how to support mothers effectively
• Knowledge and understanding of the needs and difficulties of people experiencing challenges with Infant feeding
• Knowledge of Baby Friendly Initiative standards for supporting all families however they are feeding their babies
• Supervision and/or management experience.
• Experience of delivering training and /or presentations

Desirable

• Experience of service design and managing change
• Experience of volunteer co-ordination
• Experience of peer support supervision
• Experience of conducting audit and service evaluation in order to improve the service

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to review a range of guidance and policy from multiple sources and analyse current systems of care within both Infant Feeding and Health Visiting against best practice.
• Ability to host and deliver online training for health professionals, peer supporters and volunteers.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, ability to prioritise work load and work to deadlines.
• Ability to maintain accurate records, collect data and produce reports.
• High level communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to support mothers to feed their babies using a non-judgemental, empathetic and person-centred approach
• Ability to plan and develop infant feeding care plans and provide specialist infant feeding support
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to provide clinical and non-clinical information in relation to sensitive or complex issues in a supportive manner
• Ability to work across a variety of cultures, recognising and being sensitive to differing cultural norms and expectations
• Excellent IT skills including experience of Microsoft Office applications

Desirable

• Ability to conduct data analysis

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Agar Children's Centre

Wrotham Road

London

NW1 9SU

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)