Healthy Start Home Visitor

Description

WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor (BFPC)/Healthy Start Home Visitor (Full Time) – This position provides basic breastfeeding information and support to WIC mothers and requires personal breastfeeding experience as well as requires work in the homes of high-risk families. Quality Improvement practices will be embedded in the everyday workload. This position has no supervisory responsibility and exercises technical skill under supervision. This position requires a candidate that has successfully breastfed at least one infant for at least six months. This position reports to the WIC Program Supervisor and/or the Barton County Health Department Director and has no supervisory responsibility and exercises judgment with some supervision. Successful applicant must pass drug screen and physical assessment. Apply on-line at www.bartoncounty.org or in person at 1400 Main Street - Suite 108, Great Bend, Kansas.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education, or Experience

This position requires a candidate that has successfully breastfed at least one infant for at least six months.