Infant Feeding Support Worker | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

We are expanding!
The Croydon Health Visiting Infant Feeding Service is looking for3new Infant Feeding Support Workers to join our service.
We are looking for passionate and enthusiastic Infant Feeding Support Workers to join our established team. Interested? We want to hear from you!
The post sits within Croydon Health Visiting Service, Croydon University Hospital (CUH). The post-holder will assist the Croydon Infant Feeding Support Team in an integrated way in the provision of early and continued support to parents to enable them to make informed choices about how to feed their baby and to promote the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding. The post-holder will contribute to the provision of a comprehensive breastfeeding service including delivery of breastFeeding Support groups and a peer support programme, which may include home visiting; telephone support and group work at children’s centres/clinics. The post-holder will also be expected to support the Breastfeeding Programme Lead with the implementation of UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, and maintain baby friendly standards across CHS.
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.
These include:
• Croydon University Hospital
• Purley Hospital
• The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
• Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
• A minor injuries unit in New Addington
The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our Vision:
“Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”
Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:
• You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
• You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
• You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
• You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
• You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services
We are one of 17 Trusts in the country who have been accepted as national pioneers on staff engagement and empowerment, through the adoption of "Listening into Action" as a new way of working. The approach we are taking to “Listening into Action” is new and different.
Please see the attached supporting Job description/Person Specification documents which contains more information about the role
This advert closes on Sunday 24 Mar 2024