WIC Breastfeeding Support Specialist - Full Time

CHRISTUS Health; Boerne (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The WIC peer counselor will provide breastfeeding information and support to pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women in the WIC program. They will role model, counselors, and teach breastfeeding techniques, providing support on a one-to-one basis, as well as in class/group settings in the WIC clinic.

Responsibilities include teaching classes, providing information, counseling patients, making referrals, maintaining records, and working flexible hours beyond the clinic as needed.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Must have successfully breastfed or expressed breastmilk for at least one baby.
• Must be or have been a WIC Participant.
• Must possess a valid Class C TX driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Teach classes on the advantages and management of normal breastfeeding experiences.
• Provide information and promote breastfeeding among peers; address concerns of expectant mothers.
• Counsel pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers one-to-one in the WIC clinic, by phone, and follow up as needed.
• Identify and refer breastfeeding experiences outside the norm.
• Provide encouragement and support to women during a normal breastfeeding experience.
• Maintain proper client records.
• Demonstrate competence to meet population-specific and developmental needs.
• Make immediate referrals when breastfeeding problems fall outside scope or remain unresolved.
• Adhere to CORE values of Santa Rosa Health Care.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Ability to work outside regular clinic hours and outside the WIC Clinic, as needed.

Skills

Breastfeeding support

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Class C TX driver’s license

Job description

The WIC peer counselor will provide breastfeeding information and support to pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women in the WIC program. They will role model, counselors, and teach breastfeeding techniques, providing support on a one-to-one basis, as well as in class/group settings in the WIC clinic.

Responsibilities include teaching classes, providing information, counseling patients, making referrals, maintaining records, and working flexible hours beyond the clinic as needed.