Baby Feeding Practitioner

North Lincolnshire Council; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Lincolnshire Council is seeking a motivated individual for a full-time temporary position focused on supporting breastfeeding mothers. The role involves providing information and assistance in family hubs and community settings, ensuring accessibility for all. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills to cater to diverse groups effectively.

Qualifications

• Passionate and knowledgeable about breastfeeding.
• Experience supporting mothers to breastfeed.
• Ability to engage with pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Responsibilities

• Provide information and support regarding breastfeeding.
• Work with families in community settings and family hubs.
• Collaborate with the Baby Feeding team and local authority services.

Skills

Communication

Engagement

Understanding of diverse cultures

Job description

Salary: Grade 4 £24,790 to £26,409 per year

Location: Family Hubs, Scunthorpe

Hours: 37 hours per week

DBS: Yes Enhanced with Barred List Check

This is a Temporary , Full Time vacancy that will close in 14 days at 23:59 BST .

The Vacancy

We are seeking to appoint a motivated individual who is passionate and knowledgeable about breastfeeding, either through their own personal experience or through significant experience of supporting mothers to breastfeed.

This is a full time temporary position until March 2026. The post holder will be able to demonstrate that they have the skills to engage with pregnant and breastfeeding women and their families across North Lincolnshire, providing information and support regarding the benefits of breastfeeding.

A key element of this role is the ability to recognise and understand the different needs and circumstances of individual families when supporting them throughout their feeding journey. The role includes providing education and support to mothers both before and after the birth of baby, within family hubs, in their home and community settings.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Baby Feeding team, family hubs staff, 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 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, ensuring the service is accessible to all population groups.

Please 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.

For an informal discussion please contact Melanie Moore, Baby Feeding Team Leader on 07717587401 or Alison Jollands, Public Health Coordinator on 07818 470288

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.

The Council

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.