Hounslow Paid Peer Supporter

Job Title: Hounslow Paid Peer Supporter  

Salary: £24,590 (FTE) pro-rate based on working hours

Working Hours: 14-21 hours per week 

Contract: Until 31st May 2025

Location: Hounslow Borough community based 

Benefits: NCT membership with access to exclusive benefits, pension scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank and public holiday (pro rata). 

About us at the NCT 

A lot of people know NCT for our antenatal classes, and we want to continue to support as many parents and families as we can to access evidence-based information. But we are also much more than this. We are a charity that campaigns on the issues that matter to parents. We run breastfeeding and infant feeding support, provided by specialist counsellors. We run thousands of free community activities and events across the UK, led by our fantastic volunteers and peers. And we support women and families facing specific challenges, such as social isolation, feeding difficulties or poor mental health. 

We are delighted to be commissioned to deliver a programme of work across Hounslow which supports parents to be able to feed their babies in the way that is right for them and feel informed and supported throughout.  

We are seeking a capable Peer Supporter who will attend and provide support at all of our community groups. It will include travel across the Hounslow Borough (expenses will be reimbursed). Homeworking is required to complete administrative duties.  

The Peer Supporter will work alongside volunteer Peer Supporters, the NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and the Service Delivery Manger for Hounslow. They will be providing peer support in the community, offering one to one support at groups and via home visits. The post holder will be engaging with families most in need, liaising with health professionals and Children Centre staff and ensuring communities know how to access the service. 

This role will be working to continuously make a difference for the many families across Hounslow who struggle with feeding their baby and social isolation in pregnancy and postnatally.  

NCT is a charity committed to social justice and Equity and Diversity, believing inclusion is everyone’s responsibility. We believe we all have a collective responsibility to demonstrate our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality and build an inclusive workforce and environment, so all our people can thrive, and we can best represent and meet the needs of the pregnant women, new parents, families, and communities we serve. 

About the Role 

Working closely with the NCT Hounslow Service Delivery Manager, you will provide peer support to parents and families within different settings, including in person at community groups. 

Some of the key responsibilities of the role include: 
 

• To provide breastfeeding and perinatal peer support to parents and families in Hounslow 

• To build relationships and create a rapport with a wide range of people easily. 

• Support in delivering inductions for volunteer peer supporters. 

• Collect data on parents supported including case studies  

• Liaise with NCT staff, volunteers, Health Professionals and NCT Practitioners. 

• Be able to travel around the Hounslow area to groups. 

 
It is essential for this post that, unless already trained by NCT, you undertake the training to become an NCT Breastfeeding Peer Supporter.  This requires breastfeeding experience of ideally, at least 3 months. The training can be undertaken within your working hours.  

The role is 14-21 hours per week which will be predominantly Monday to Friday within the working day. This is a community based role within Hounslow Borough.  

About you 

• Are you willing to undertake our Peer Supporter training? (Requires ideally minimum of 3 months Breastfeeding Experience) 

• Can you work at pace and juggle a number of different priorities? 

• Are you passionate about supporting families to reach their parenting goals and contribute to their positive wellbeing? 

• Do you want to join an amazing Charity that supports parents across the UK? 

• Would you like to be part of an amazing team of passionate staff? 

If so, please read the job description attached.
 
What we offer 

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. 

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:  22/11/2024 
 
Interviews: Week beginning 25/11/2024.