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The closing date is 18 May 2025

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Job summary

Doncasters Family Food Programme:

Primary Care Dietitians are proud to deliver the Family Food Programme on behalf of Doncaster Council who are leaders in Compassionate Approaches to Weight.

They have commissioned this Family Food Programme as a new and innovative service to support first-time families from as early as possible in their pregnancy/ adoption process to gain the knowledge, practical skills and tools to give themselves and their child the best possible nutrition.

It is well recognised that having a nutritious and healthy diet is heavily influenced by our surroundings and our circumstances, not simply personal choices.

The focus of the Service is to be on making small, sustainable behavioural changes. These goals will not be limited to traditional targets of weight management and will consider broader outcomes such as, but not limited to, family harmony, self-esteem, physical activity, and food behaviours.

The aim is that families and particularly children are enabled to have a positive and peaceful relationship with food, reducing body image stigma and sustainability if developed through training to other professionals and peer supporters.

As this is a new programme, an evaluation will be carried out from the outset and there is an expectation that this will inform continuous changes and improvements to the programme.

Main duties of the job

Transform infant nutrition and maternal health across Doncaster with Primary Care Dietitians!

Join our innovative Family Food Programme team and make a lasting impact on families in your community. We're seeking a passionate Dietitian Specialist to lead this groundbreaking initiative.

What you'll do:

  • Provide expert 1:1 consultations for families with complex needs
  • Develop and deliver engaging group sessions using the Responsive Feeding Framework
  • Create compelling digital content including videos and podcasts
  • Train and supervise team members and community partners
  • Establish a thriving peer supporter network
  • Evaluate program effectiveness and implement improvements

You'll thrive in this role if you have:

  • Clinical expertise in infant feeding and maternal health
  • Experience delivering behavior change interventions
  • A passion for community-based preventative healthcare
  • Excellent communication skills across diverse audiences

Primary Care Dietitians is revolutionizing access to dietetic services across the UK. We work directly with NHS Primary Care Networks to deliver evidence-based nutrition interventions where they're needed most.

This is your opportunity to shape an innovative program from the ground up while advancing your career with a forward-thinking healthcare organization.

Join us in nourishing the future of Doncaster, one family at a time.

About us

Why Join Primary Care Dietitians?

  • Make a real difference supporting new mothers in primary care
  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with length of service to 31 days + bank holidays)
  • Private healthcare cover via Medicash
  • Funded mental health support (8 face-to-face sessions per year)
  • Weekly protected CPD and funded leadership development courses
  • Clear career progression into management roles
  • Company pension with salary sacrifice option
  • Hybrid working mainly based in Doncaster, with flexibility
  • Commission and incentive schemes for supporting recruitment
  • Strong, supportive culture with close working relationships with leadership
  • Admin and resource support to maximise your impact
  • Be part of an established, high-performing team

Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£37,338 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0364-25-0003

Job locations

Doncaster

Doncaster

DN1 3QS


Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Summary:

This role is crucial to the development and clinical relevance of the programme.

This job can be taken by multiple professions and anyone who is a midwife, health visitor or dietitian would be eligible for this role

Key Responsibilities:

1. Promote the Service

Working with the Family Food Programme team, The Primary Care Dietitians Leadership team and commissioners you will positively promote the service to potential service users and referral agents.

This will require attending events across Doncaster throughout the life of the programme.

2. Conduct assessments of all referred families

Using your significant clinical experience in infant feeding and maternal health, you will assess each referred family. This will be evidence-based and help identify those with higher-level needs to take the one-to-one pathway of the delivery programme.

3. Develop and Deliver 1:1 pathway Interventions

These will be 3 lots of 1-hour-long appointments specially for families with higher needs. These may take place in a clinic venue or over the telephone or be via a messaging service so long as the Data Protection Act is observed and the participants' preferences are respected.

4. Develop Group Session content

Create the groups programme of 5 sessions each of 9-0 minutes long, following the Responsive Feeding Framework and using behaviour change techniques to influence change.

The sessions will address

Parenting and Feeding styles, attitudes and beliefs

The parent/carers relationship with food and their own body image

practical support to access resources and develop personal plans of action to enable infants to be fed responsively.

5. Develop Training Packages and Deliver training and supervision to the Family Food Programme Assistant

To ensure the family Food Programme Assistant is confident and competent to deliver the group sessions and drop-in question and answer sessions, you will train them in line with their needs, respecting their existing knowledge and skills.

6. Support the development of content for the digital/ social media platforms

Using your clinic expertise, you will develop content for 7 minute videos and podcast type content for the social and digital media platforms being used in this programme as an alternative to face to face provision.

You will be supported to record the content. Editing will be completed by a professional

7. Develop Training and supervision packages and deliver training and supervision to other service providers

In year 2 of the programme other providers of services to families will be trained, using a combination of the Responsive Feeding Framework, Infant Feeding Guidelines and Compassionate Approaches to Weight evidence base alongside practical applications of these and behaviour change techniques based on your findings and experiences from the group and drop-in delivery across Doncaster.

You will lead the delivery of the training, supporting the Family Food Programme Assistant to develop their competency to deliver training sessions.

Once other service providers have been trained, you will supervise delivery of interventions and support the Family Food Programme Assistant to supervise as well, providing constructive feedback to enable other service providers to continue to improve their approaches.

8. Develop & deliver Peer Supporter Programme

In Year 3 of the programme, peer supporters will be recruited and trained, using the same principles as for the other service providers as above.

You will lead the delivery of the training, supporting the Family Food Programme Assistant to develop their competency to deliver training sessions.

Once Peer Supporters have been trained, you will supervise the delivery of interventions and support the Family Food Programme Assistant to supervise as well, providing constructive feedback to enable peer supporters to continue to improve their approaches.

9. Supporting the Family Food Programme Team with Signposting Information.

Some parents will prefer to access information via our Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp pages. You will support the whole team in finding useful information and services, particularly local Doncaster ones, to signpost digital users towards as well as to signpost or refer those in groups and accessing Drop-In Support sessions.

10. Collect Feedback from participants

Actively collect feedback from and seek the opinions of the families who are involved with and those who will benefit from the Family Food Programme.

Ensuring the ways of collecting this are flexible and inclusive of all types of diverse needs.

11. Support Evaluation of the programme

As this is a new programme of work it is expected to continuously evolve and change, based on feedback from participants and opinions of diverse communities about the content.

12. Support Registration to Doncasters BABiD Programme

Encourage and support first-time families to register with Doncasters BABiD programme.

Key Working Relationships:

Family Food Programme Assistant

Family Food Apprentice Operational Manager

Primary Care Dietitians Leadership Team

Doncaster Primary Care Dietitians

Doncaster Family Hubs Staff

Doncaster Health Visitors

Doncaster Midwives

Health & Safety:

All staff are required to take reasonable care for the health, safety and welfare of themselves and of others who may be affected by their actions or omissions. Staff must co-operate fully with the Primary Care Dietitians policies and procedures relating to health and safety, report any health and safety concerns promptly, and actively participate in training and risk assessments as required.

Compliance with all statutory requirements and Primary Care Dietitians procedures is mandatory.

Confidentiality & Data Protection:

All staff are required to comply with Primary Care Dietitians Information Governance Framework, ensuring the secure handling, storage, transmission, and disposal of information in line with best practice and relevant legislation. This includes adherence to the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and NHS Digital standards where applicable.

Staff must complete mandatory Information Governance training and demonstrate an understanding of their responsibilities in maintaining confidentiality, protecting personal data, and supporting safe information sharing within multi-agency settings.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Summary:

This role is crucial to the development and clinical relevance of the programme.

This job can be taken by multiple professions and anyone who is a midwife, health visitor or dietitian would be eligible for this role

Key Responsibilities:

1. Promote the Service

Working with the Family Food Programme team, The Primary Care Dietitians Leadership team and commissioners you will positively promote the service to potential service users and referral agents.

This will require attending events across Doncaster throughout the life of the programme.

2. Conduct assessments of all referred families

Using your significant clinical experience in infant feeding and maternal health, you will assess each referred family. This will be evidence-based and help identify those with higher-level needs to take the one-to-one pathway of the delivery programme.

3. Develop and Deliver 1:1 pathway Interventions

These will be 3 lots of 1-hour-long appointments specially for families with higher needs. These may take place in a clinic venue or over the telephone or be via a messaging service so long as the Data Protection Act is observed and the participants' preferences are respected.

4. Develop Group Session content

Create the groups programme of 5 sessions each of 9-0 minutes long, following the Responsive Feeding Framework and using behaviour change techniques to influence change.

The sessions will address

Parenting and Feeding styles, attitudes and beliefs

The parent/carers relationship with food and their own body image

practical support to access resources and develop personal plans of action to enable infants to be fed responsively.

5. Develop Training Packages and Deliver training and supervision to the Family Food Programme Assistant

To ensure the family Food Programme Assistant is confident and competent to deliver the group sessions and drop-in question and answer sessions, you will train them in line with their needs, respecting their existing knowledge and skills.

6. Support the development of content for the digital/ social media platforms

Using your clinic expertise, you will develop content for 7 minute videos and podcast type content for the social and digital media platforms being used in this programme as an alternative to face to face provision.

You will be supported to record the content. Editing will be completed by a professional

7. Develop Training and supervision packages and deliver training and supervision to other service providers

In year 2 of the programme other providers of services to families will be trained, using a combination of the Responsive Feeding Framework, Infant Feeding Guidelines and Compassionate Approaches to Weight evidence base alongside practical applications of these and behaviour change techniques based on your findings and experiences from the group and drop-in delivery across Doncaster.

You will lead the delivery of the training, supporting the Family Food Programme Assistant to develop their competency to deliver training sessions.

Once other service providers have been trained, you will supervise delivery of interventions and support the Family Food Programme Assistant to supervise as well, providing constructive feedback to enable other service providers to continue to improve their approaches.

8. Develop & deliver Peer Supporter Programme

In Year 3 of the programme, peer supporters will be recruited and trained, using the same principles as for the other service providers as above.

You will lead the delivery of the training, supporting the Family Food Programme Assistant to develop their competency to deliver training sessions.

Once Peer Supporters have been trained, you will supervise the delivery of interventions and support the Family Food Programme Assistant to supervise as well, providing constructive feedback to enable peer supporters to continue to improve their approaches.

9. Supporting the Family Food Programme Team with Signposting Information.

Some parents will prefer to access information via our Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp pages. You will support the whole team in finding useful information and services, particularly local Doncaster ones, to signpost digital users towards as well as to signpost or refer those in groups and accessing Drop-In Support sessions.

10. Collect Feedback from participants

Actively collect feedback from and seek the opinions of the families who are involved with and those who will benefit from the Family Food Programme.

Ensuring the ways of collecting this are flexible and inclusive of all types of diverse needs.

11. Support Evaluation of the programme

As this is a new programme of work it is expected to continuously evolve and change, based on feedback from participants and opinions of diverse communities about the content.

12. Support Registration to Doncasters BABiD Programme

Encourage and support first-time families to register with Doncasters BABiD programme.

Key Working Relationships:

Family Food Programme Assistant

Family Food Apprentice Operational Manager

Primary Care Dietitians Leadership Team

Doncaster Primary Care Dietitians

Doncaster Family Hubs Staff

Doncaster Health Visitors

Doncaster Midwives

Health & Safety:

All staff are required to take reasonable care for the health, safety and welfare of themselves and of others who may be affected by their actions or omissions. Staff must co-operate fully with the Primary Care Dietitians policies and procedures relating to health and safety, report any health and safety concerns promptly, and actively participate in training and risk assessments as required.

Compliance with all statutory requirements and Primary Care Dietitians procedures is mandatory.

Confidentiality & Data Protection:

All staff are required to comply with Primary Care Dietitians Information Governance Framework, ensuring the secure handling, storage, transmission, and disposal of information in line with best practice and relevant legislation. This includes adherence to the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and NHS Digital standards where applicable.

Staff must complete mandatory Information Governance training and demonstrate an understanding of their responsibilities in maintaining confidentiality, protecting personal data, and supporting safe information sharing within multi-agency settings.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge & Experience
  • Behaviour Change techniques and their practical use
  • Practical application of the Responsive Feeding Framework Theory
  • Practical Application of Infant Feeding Guidelines and Practices
  • Supporting families who experience Health Inequalities
  • Supporting families who experience Food Insecurity
  • Creating training packages
  • Experience of supervising others' clinical delivery and providing constructive feedback
  • Skills & Attributes
  • Delivering training to a range of participants
  • Ability to form positive relationships with work colleagues and the general public
  • Excellent communication skills, especially with those with diverse needs
  • Positive attitude towards change and continuous improvement
  • Listening to and acting on feedback from participants

Desirable

  • Knowledge & Experience
  • Understanding of Doncaster Council's Compassionate approach to weight
  • Understanding of the Baby Friendly initiative and its application across Doncaster

Values & Behaviours

Essential

  • Adaptable
  • Non-judgmental, particularly with a compassionate approach to weight
  • Friendly & approachable

Desirable

  • Inquisitive/Curious

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualifications
  • - UK Registered Health Visitor, Midwife
  • - Registration with relevant professional body

Desirable

  • Qualifications
  • - Baby Friendly Level 3
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge & Experience
  • Behaviour Change techniques and their practical use
  • Practical application of the Responsive Feeding Framework Theory
  • Practical Application of Infant Feeding Guidelines and Practices
  • Supporting families who experience Health Inequalities
  • Supporting families who experience Food Insecurity
  • Creating training packages
  • Experience of supervising others' clinical delivery and providing constructive feedback
  • Skills & Attributes
  • Delivering training to a range of participants
  • Ability to form positive relationships with work colleagues and the general public
  • Excellent communication skills, especially with those with diverse needs
  • Positive attitude towards change and continuous improvement
  • Listening to and acting on feedback from participants

Desirable

  • Knowledge & Experience
  • Understanding of Doncaster Council's Compassionate approach to weight
  • Understanding of the Baby Friendly initiative and its application across Doncaster

Values & Behaviours

Essential

  • Adaptable
  • Non-judgmental, particularly with a compassionate approach to weight
  • Friendly & approachable

Desirable

  • Inquisitive/Curious

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualifications
  • - UK Registered Health Visitor, Midwife
  • - Registration with relevant professional body

Desirable

  • Qualifications
  • - Baby Friendly Level 3

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Dietitians

Address

Doncaster

Doncaster

DN1 3QS


Employer's website

https://www.primarycaredietitians.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Dietitians

Address

Doncaster

Doncaster

DN1 3QS


Employer's website

https://www.primarycaredietitians.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Aaron Boysen

aaron.boysen1@nhs.net

07413001993

Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£37,338 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0364-25-0003

Job locations

Doncaster

Doncaster

DN1 3QS


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