Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

Job description

Requisition No: 874025 Agency: Department of Health: Working Title: Breastfeeding Peer Counselor: Pay Plan: Temp: Position Number: 64936190: Salary: $16.71 per hour, 20 hours per week Posting Closing Date: 04/23/2026: Total Compensation Estimator Tool: *This is a part-time Other Personnel Service (OPS) Family Support Worker position working with the Department of Health in Lee County.* The person in this position will have authorized "need to know" access to confidential WIC client records and the WIC database. This position may serve clients that speak only Spanish, Creole, or other languages. It may require performance of interpreter duties, if bi-lingual, or implementation of the Department’s Limited English Proficiency Plan. This position with the Department of Health in Lee County’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides basic breastfeeding education to WIC participants in various locations throughout Lee County. Breastfeeding Peer Counselors are paraprofessionals, who are recruited and hired from WIC’s target population, are available to WIC clients outside usual clinic hours and outside of the WIC clinic environment, and have ha...