Community Infant Feeding Team Support Worker

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and innovative person, who is committed to improving the experience of parents and babies, with a focus on supporting infant feeding in the community. We need someone who feels confident working with parents and babies in the community particularly around infant feeding, and aspires to be part of the developing Community Infant Feeding Team and Family Hubs.

The Community Infant Feeding Team support worker role will be primarily to give assurance that all the Family Hubs and satellite venues are welcoming, supportive, and informative for any breastfeeding mother to feel at ease feeding her baby or child and follow UNICEF Baby Friendly criteria for venues.

Closing- 30th August 2023

Shortlisting- 31st August 2023

Interview- 7th September 2023

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

Any mother feeding their child by any means will feel welcome however the focus of this role is to support the Bradford District Breastfeeding Strategy by protecting, promoting, supporting and normalising breastfeeding.

The role will also support the key messages around the importance of early parent infant relationship building for all families and that this underpins the feeding relationship. Embedding Ready to Relate as an integral part of the role.

Support the development and implementation of baby feeding groups and breastfeeding volunteers within Family Hubs, will form a key component of the role. Supporting the Targeted Breastfeeding Offer will also form part of the role over time.

Contributing to and supporting community events as the service develops will also beexpected.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Date posted

01 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

20 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

453-23-5517088

Job locations

Community

Bradford

BD183LD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma in Child Care and education (CACHE) Or NNEB BTEC Diploma in early years Or NVQ level 3 early years care and education (City and Guilds, EDEXCEL, OU) Or 3 years' experience in a voluntary or paid capacity supporting infant feeding in the community or hospital setting.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with mothers and babies within community settings
Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

Knowledge of key national and local drivers in the development of family/children's health

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma in Child Care and education (CACHE) Or NNEB BTEC Diploma in early years Or NVQ level 3 early years care and education (City and Guilds, EDEXCEL, OU) Or 3 years' experience in a voluntary or paid capacity supporting infant feeding in the community or hospital setting.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with mothers and babies within community settings
Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

Knowledge of key national and local drivers in the development of family/children's health

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).

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