Job summary
Do you have a passion for supporting families and promoting positive infant feeding experiences?
HCRG Care Group is seeking a compassionate and motivatedInfant Feeding Supporterto join our Community Infant Feeding Team across Lancashire. This role supports delivery ofUNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Gold accreditation, helping to improve outcomes for babies and families, particularly in the early postnatal period and beyond.
As part of our dynamic and friendly team, you will provide1:1, group-based, and virtual infant feeding supportacross Family Hubs, clinics, and family homes. You will promote breastfeeding, responsive bottle feeding, and healthy infant nutrition in line withBFI Gold standards, and will rolemodel compassionate, nonjudgemental communication and care.
Main duties of the job
In addition to direct support, you will also:
- Contribute to the creation and development of highquality infant feeding resources, ensuring information is accessible, evidencebased, and aligned with BFI Gold requirements.
- Support the planning and delivery of local and national campaignssuch as Breastfeeding Celebration Week, Infant Feeding Awareness activities, and Family Hub engagement events.
- Work collaborativelywith partners across the 019 service, Family Hubs, Maternity, and wider community networks.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for someone with:
- Experience supporting families in a community or health setting
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Confidence working with a level of autonomy (with support from the Community Specialist Infant Feeding Lead)
- A commitment to HCRG Care Group values and outstanding familycentred practice
If you are interested and would like to know more, please contact:Katie Wharton, Infant Feeding Leadkatie.wharton@hcrgcaregroup.com
Due to the travel required for this role, a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes are essential.
Interviews for all successful applicants will be held on 26th January 2026.
Package Description
As an Infant Feeding Supporter within the Community, youll be part of our valued Infant Feeding Team in Lancashire. You will feel valued as an Infant Feeding Supporter within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £26,712 with access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for someone with:
- Experience supporting families in a community or health setting
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Confidence working with a level of autonomy (with support from the Community Specialist Infant Feeding Lead)
- A commitment to HCRG Care Group values and outstanding familycentred practice
If you are interested and would like to know more, please contact:Katie Wharton, Infant Feeding Leadkatie.wharton@hcrgcaregroup.com
Due to the travel required for this role, a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes are essential.
Interviews for all successful applicants will be held on 26th January 2026.
Package Description
As an Infant Feeding Supporter within the Community, youll be part of our valued Infant Feeding Team in Lancashire. You will feel valued as an Infant Feeding Supporter within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £26,712 with access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Person Specification
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Desirable
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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.
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