support specialist Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Job Title: Breastfeeding Peer Co-ordinator – Glasgow
Salary: £19,638.30 FTE
Hours per week: 16 hours
Location: Home-based
Fixed term contract until 31st July 2024
We are looking for an organised, proactive and talented team member to support our Glasgow Breastfeeding Buddies project. This role is home-based but will include travel across the NHS GGC region (expenses will be reimbursed).
About the role:
You will be responsible for delivering breastfeeding community support groups across the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) health board area. Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:
- Working with and supporting Breastfeeding Peer Supporters to carry out their role.
- Managing Peer Supporter rotas for community groups.
- Delivering all inductions for Peer Supporters.
- Responding to referrals and signposting from health professionals into the service.
- Co-ordinate, collect and collate data from Peer Supporters and service users in a timely manner, adhering to NCT data protection policies and processes.
You must have good communication skills and be able to build relationships and create a rapport with a wide range of people easily. This is a large and complex project and covers multiple locations so you must be able to confidently prioritise your own work, be highly organised and able to work independently.
Good IT skills are also essential – including Outlook, Word and Excel – and you must have good attention to detail.
It is essential for this post that you undertake the training to become an NCT Breastfeeding Peer Supporter. This requires breastfeeding experience of at least 3 months. The training can be undertaken within your working hours.
The role is 16 hours per week and will include occasional evening and weekends.
Please see the attached job description for further information https://docs.nct.org.uk/jobs/Glasgow-PC-Job-Description.pdf
We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support. More details about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion action can be found here.
We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity. We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability.
The welfare and safety of individuals is at the heart of everything that we do. NCT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 9th July 2023
Interviews will take place in person w/c 17th July 2023
