Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

Description

Cornerstone Family Healthcare is actively recruiting for a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor to join our growing team in Harriman, NY.

RATE OF PAY/SALARY: $17.48 per hour

WORK LOCATION(S): Harriman, NY

STATUS: Full-Time

CORNERSTONE BENEFITS:

Competitive salaries I Health Benefits I Retirement plan I Paid Time Off I Sick Time I Flexible Spending I Dependent Care I Paid Holidays

CORNERSTONE’S MISSION:

Cornerstone Family Healthcare is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center with a mission to provide high quality, comprehensive, primary and preventative health care services in an environment of caring, dignity and respect to all people regardless of their ability to pay. For more than fifty years, Cornerstone has been responsive to meeting the needs of the communities in which we serve with a continued emphasis on the underserved and those without access to health care regardless of race, economic status, age, sex, sexual orientation or disability.

General Purpose:

Promote and support breastfeeding promotions and activities for all sites within the local agency.

Description of Duties:

• Provide counseling and support throughout the pregnancy and while breastfeeding, utilizing counseling skills acquired during training.
• Promotes local agency breastfeeding promotion and support activities.
• Be a resource for mothers and make connection with other community programs and service.
• Make referrals to the breastfeeding coordinators or other lactation specialist, as necessary.
• Visit mothers in the hospital for further breastfeeding assistance and support.
• Prepare a mother for what to expect in the first few hours and days of breastfeeding.
• Be available to mothers after delivery and when they return home.
• Attend and participate in monthly department, All Staff and other required meetings. 
• Be familiar with and adhere to all WIC confidentiality policies and the Peer Counselor Code of Conduct from the NYS WIC Peer Counselor Curriculum and general policies and procedures as outlined in the Cornerstone Family HealthCare Policy and Procedure Manual and Employee Handbook.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Completion of High School or GED.
• Must have prior breastfeeding counseling experience