What are the responsibilities and job description for the Breastfeeding Peer Counselor/Processing Assistant position at Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc.?
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor/Processing Assistant
JOB SUMMARY:
Peer Counselor provides basic breastfeeding information, encouragement and support to WIC participants and performs within the Peer Counselor Scope of Practice while following the WIC Program policies and procedures. The Peer Counselor teaches basic, evidence-based techniques that help ensure a successful start in breastfeeding, works within the policies and procedures of the WIC Program, maintains records according to legal requirements and ethical practices. The Peer Counselor must participate in trainings required by the North Carolina Community Nutrition Services Section. This position is also responsible for issuing eWIC cards to clients, providing low-risk nutrition education and information on accessing benefits from local eWIC vendors, taking anthropometric measurements and performing blood collection (Hemoglobin) following WIC Program federal and state guidelines.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Must be a mother who is currently breastfeeding or has breastfeed. Possess similar sociocultural background as the women they support. Have the ability to communicate effectively and courteously with clients and co-workers and provide courteous and respectful customer service. Have the ability to interpret changes in rules and regulations pertaining to the WIC Program and to pay attention to details as well as be able to multi-task. Ability to work face-to-face and by telephone with a culturally diverse, high-risk population of low income pregnant and breastfeeding women and young infants. Computer skills required. Be competent in carrying out directions from a multi-tiered agency system, including Nutrition Services Branch.
Graduation from high school or equivalent with one (1) year of general clerical/computer experience. Additional clerical and mathematical courses preferred. Must be a paraprofessional.
Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc., a federally qualified community health center located in Durham, NC is recruiting for a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor/Processing Assistant. Durham is known as the Bull City, the City of Medicine, the Tastiest Town in the South, and the Startup Capital of the South. It’s a two-hour drive from the beach, a three-hour drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is North Carolina’s fourth largest city by population. Along the East Coast, Durham is located conveniently along I-85. For those outside of driving distance, travel to and from is made easy as the City and County of Durham co-own the top-ranked Raleigh-Durham International Airport that services more than 45 nonstop destinations.
Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. (LCHC), mission is to provide primary and preventive health care in a courteous, professional and personalized manner.
Key requirements for any position are our “Core Values”:
- Courtesy
- Respect
- Quality
- Accessibility
- Teamwork
- Continuous Improvement
LCHC provides comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to our patients regardless of ability to pay. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we provide health care to all members of our community, including low income, uninsured patients and diverse communities. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our key requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so staff must be committed to the mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve. Understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences.
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