Community Health Assistant (Breastfeeding Peer Counselor)
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About The Position
The Community Health Assistant, under direct supervision, serves as a role model, educator, and support person for pregnant women and new mothers. The counselor provides breastfeeding education and support, and acts as a resource to women who plan to breastfeed or are currently breastfeeding. Work involves providing support and encouragement to prenatal and Breastfeeding women participating in WIC; teaching classes on basic breastfeeding; counseling women on basic lactation management; advocating for breastfeeding women in the health care system, community, and workplaces; partnering with health care professionals to promote breastfeeding; participating in the breast pump loan program by assessing client need and loaning breast pumps to women in the WIC Program; and assisting in planning World Breastfeeding Week.
