Start for Life Practitioner

As aStart for Life Practitioner, you will contribute to improving outcomes for babies and parents during pregnancy and the first two years of life. You will deliver universal and targeted Start for Life provision that promotes perinatal wellbeing, positive parent infant relationships, early child development, and healthy lifestyle choices, in line with Sandwell's Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies priorities., Start for Life Delivery

Contribute to delivery of the Pregnancy and Start for Life pathways, supporting parents from prebirth to age two.

Act as a consistent point of contact for parents, helping them navigate universal services and access appropriate provision through activities such as well-being contacts, 1 to 1 support within the family home etc.

Deliver Start for Life focused sessions and activities, including baby clubs, baby massage, and wellbeing groups that promote bonding, attachment, and early development.

Health and Wellbeing

Deliver interventions that promote emotional wellbeing for parents/carers and infants, incorporating perinatal mental health awareness and resilience building approaches.

Support positive parent infant relationships through evidence based approaches and reflective practice.

Encourage healthy lifestyle behaviours during pregnancy and early parenthood.

Promote and support infant feeding choices, including breastfeeding initiation and continuation through guidance and signposting.

Engagement, Information and Access

Provide information, guidance, and signposting to antenatal, perinatal support, health, early learning, and community services across Sandwell.

We arecommitted to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.