Breast Feeding Peer Counselor (Bilingual)

## Description ***Are you mission-driven? Family Service is the place for you!*** **Join our mission of "Helping Families Thrive".** **Bilingual Spanish/English** - Attend breastfeeding training classes to become a peer counselor, such as Loving Support for Peer Counselors. - Receive a caseload of WIC mothers and make routine periodic contact. - Give basic breastfeeding information and support to new mothers. - Help mothers prevent and handle common breastfeeding problems. - Counsel WIC pregnant and breastfeeding mothers by telephone, home visits, and/or hospital visits. - Is available outside the WIC clinic and the usual 8:00 am to 5:00 pm working schedule to new mothers who are having breastfeeding problems. - Keep information strictly confidential. - Attend and assist with prenatal classes and breastfeeding support groups. - Attend monthly staff meetings and breastfeeding conferences/workshops as appropriate. - Coordinate breastfeeding promotion activities in WIC and in the community. - May assist WIC staff in promoting breastfeeding peer counseling through special projects, events, and duties as assigned. - Keep accurate records of all contacts made with WIC mothers. - Refer mothers, according to clinic-established protocols.