Best Start in Life Practitioner - Infant Feeding
Job Reference Ref/119737/7295
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Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
Best Start In Life Practitioner - Infant Feeding - 12 month fixed term contract
We are seeking 2 compassionate and dedicated Early Years Practitioner to join our team, with a specialist focus on infant feeding. These roles are vital in supporting families and carers to establish healthy feeding practices during the crucial early stages of child development. You will work within a supportive team environment to promote best practices in infant nutrition, breastfeeding, and responsive feeding, ensuring every child gets the best start in life.
There are 2 roles, one based at Kettering Family Hub and one at Wellingborough Family Hub, the role will also require travel across North Northamptonshire
What will you be doing?
What you will be doing
- Provide tailored support and guidance to parents and carers on infant feeding.
- Deliver group sessions and one-to-one support to promote healthy feeding habits and address feeding concerns.
- Directly deliver Breast Pump Loan services including, co-ordination, monitoring and maintenance of equipment
- Collaborate with health professionals and community partners to ensure consistent messaging and support around infant nutrition.
- Monitor and evaluate feeding plans and progress, ensuring safeguarding and wellbeing are always prioritised.
- Support the wider early years team in delivering high-quality care and education in line with EYFS standards.
- Keep accurate records and contribute to assessments and reports as required.
About you
You will be a knowledgeable practitioner with a Level 3 qualification in Early Years Education or equivalent, and with an interest in supporting infant feeding. Your experience working with babies and families will be complemented by a sound understanding of current guidance around infant feeding and weaning. You’ll be an excellent communicator, able to build trusting relationships with parents and carers, and work collaboratively with colleagues and health professionals. Your empathetic nature, combined with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, will make you a valued member of our team.
If you’re passionate about supporting families and making a real difference in the early stages of a child’s life, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
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