The course is usually split over 2 workshops which are both 3.5 hours long, or will be completed over a full day. 

This will be delivered online via zoom, with some optional face to face workshops in Birmingham.  You can complete this training whether you have breastfed or not, however your opportunities for volunteering or paid work might be restricted depending on the criteria of the organisation.

The training is based on the Solihull Approach Model as set with the BFI and NHS standards for supporting mothers with breastfeeding. This course is designed for parent volunteers, student midwives and workers such as family support workers who have an interest or who are working with families offering breastfeeding support during antenatal or postnatal period.  As an aspiring midwife, this will help give you some excellent peer supporter skills for talking to women, people and their families about their plans for feeding their baby whether antenatal or postnatal support is being offered. 

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The online workshop uses an interactive board for learning as well as other interactive resources to help you learn and understand how best to offer support. 

Workshops will cover:

• Pre Course Quiz Assignment - Knowledge builder **NEW**

• Introduction to peer supporter training and breastfeeding

• Communication – helpful ways of providing support

• Emotional significance of breastfeeding 

• Benefits of breastfeeding for mother and baby

• Hormones connected to breastfeeding

• Anatomy of the breast

• Nutritional information on breast milk

• Breastfeeding and common breastfeeding difficulties

• Emotional responses to and support for breastfeeding difficulties

• Practical demonstrations - skills based assessment

• Infant feeding with other methods

• Boundaries, confidentiality and moving forward.

• Signposting mothers/parents to additional help and support

• Post workshop competency assessment - this is referred to throughout.  

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This course is fully compliant with the Baby friendly Initiative. 

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****Additional certification: Introduction to telephone support training – this is a written task which can be completed anytime for you to obtain an additional certificate in order to offer telephone support.  Ongoing support is always available via the social media chat forum.