Are you passionate about supporting families and promoting infant feeding practices? Sheffield City Council is seeking one FTE Senior Infant Feeding Peer Support Worker for Sharrow Family Hub to mentor a dedicated team of Infant Feeding Peer Support Workers. This role plays a vital part in improving early health outcomes for children under five and supporting families across our Family Hubs.

You will provide day-to-day supervision, support the Family Hub Co-ordinator with work allocation, and offer peer support to families in both group and one-to-one settings. You’ll also work closely with the Family Hub Coordinator and Infant Feeding Lead to ensure high-quality service delivery and staff development.

Key Responsibilities

Supervise and mentor Infant Feeding Peer Support Workers, including regular one-to-one meetings.
Support the Family Hub Co-ordinator with day-to-day work planning.
Support families with infant feeding, bonding and early nutrition.
Promote breastfeeding and healthy lifestyles within the community.
Support Family Hub Co-orinator in the development and delivery of support groups such as breastfeeding drop-ins and tongue tie clinics
Collaborate with health professionals and community partners.
Contribute to staff recruitment, training, and performance management.
Maintain accurate records and contribute to service evaluation and improvement.
Contribute to the delivery of training and development related to Infant Feeding, including the Infant Feeding and Relationship Building Level 1 course as part of the Early Help Partnership training offer.

What We’re Looking For

Experience in infant feeding support, including breastfeeding.
Strong mentoring or supervisory experience.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Willingness to undertake relevant training and development.
Flexibility to work outside normal office hours when required.
A successful breastfeeding experience and involvement in community work are desirable.

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.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

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 payslip 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 of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

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.