Job Description

Job description



We are looking to recruit temporary Infant Feeding Peer Support workers, working as part of the local Sheffield Family Hub teams, based across the city. You will work from our Family Hubs and outreach venues alongside Midwives, Health Visitors and Early Year's teams.





The role is to offer peer support to all pregnant women and mothers with babies around their feeding choice in line with UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative.





Our aim is to ensure that all children get off to a great start in life, and good feeding practice and emotional attunement/ bonding support this. You will also promote Health campaigns and activities.





Your role therefore is to encourage and support women to consider breastfeeding and then to support her to maintain her breastfeeding journey as long as she wishes to. Part of your role is to engage mums in groups as well as via attendance at health clinics.





We are looking for motivated individuals who have an enthusiastic attitude to breastfeeding and have had at least one positive breastfeeding experience themselves.





You will be expected to attend mandatory training as well as training in line with the job role.





If you would like to find out more about Family Hubs, what the job entails or the recruitment process please join our Infant Feeding Peer Support Worker Recruitment session (Click Here or see details below) on Tuesday 24th June 2025, 5:30pm - 6:15pm





We are committed to fairness and social justice and welcome applications from everyone. We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.





Please direct any Informal enquiries to SheffieldFamilyHubs@Sheffield.gov.uk

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We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.





It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.





Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.





If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide pay slip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.





We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.





Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003399
Date posted
05/06/2025
Application closing date
01/07/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 3, 24,790 to 25,183
Package
3 positions 2 x 37 hours, 1 x 18.5 hours. Temporary till 31/03/2026
Contractual hours
0
Basis
Full Time
Job category/type
Education