Maternal Health Co-ordinator

LifeLine & Mind in Havering, Barking & Dagenham recognise the role community can play in society and invests in local people to become agents for change within their community. Through the Infant Feeding Programme, we will provide breastfeeding support to local parents and raise a self-sustaining band of breastfeeding peer supporters.

The post holder will be responsible for recruiting, training, supporting and co-ordinating breastfeeding peer supporters; encouraging, advising and monitoring volunteer interactions with other parents.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. To identify and engage parents in breastfeeding support through networking and outreach activities.
2. Provide a high standard of information and support to breastfeeding mothers, partners and their babies before and after the birth in a range of settings (online, in homes, children’s centres and clinics etc.)
3. Ensure timely contact with breastfeeding mothers in order to offer breastfeeding information and support.
4. Establish and develop a vibrant breastfeeding peer support network in Barking & Dagenham.
5. Develop links with partner agencies to ensure parent referrals are received from midwives, health visitors, Children’s Centres and other partner agencies for all maternal health programmes.
6. Workshops and courses are delivered and developed according to the needs of parents, using existing materials wherever possible.
7. To ensure all monitoring and evaluation paperwork is completed, as required.
8. Ensure an online presence to advertise service/sessions, answer queries, signpost people to information and share relevant information (e.g. facebook / twitter / Instagram/ tiktok).
9. To be aware of other provision in the area and ensure ‘warm handovers’ to other appropriate other services and expressions of community.
10. To match and introduce parents to appropriate peer supporters.
11. Work within recognised best practice standards for breastfeeding as recommended by UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and NICE Guidance.
12. Develop an environment of trust where communication, sharing of knowledge and best practise is encouraged and where there is a willingness to tackle and resolve problems.

In Common with other staff:

13. You support LifeLine’s and Mind in Havering, Barking & Dagenham’s equal opportunities policy and work actively to overcome discrimination on grounds of race, sex, disability, sexuality, age or status in our services.

14. You carry out all duties in accordance with Safeguarding and Health & Safety requirements.

15. You ensure that the highest standards of customer service and care are provided at all times.

The above mentioned duties are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out such other appropriate duties as may be required by the management, within the grading level of the post and the competency of the post holder.