This resulted in the recruitment of paid professional staff, the phasing out of
trained volunteer counsellors, and the reluctant closure of some centres because of significantly increased costs.
Australian Breastfeeding Association — Breastfeeding helpline If you're breastfeeding and need help,
trained volunteer counsellors can give you reassurance, information and advice about breastfeeding and overcoming common hurdles to breastfeeding:
Not exact matches
STEPHANIE AVELINO IBCLC After joining our staff 8 years ago with multiple years of experience as a
volunteer breastfeeding
counsellor, Stephanie completed additional
training and has been a board certified lactation consultant since 2009.
Meet new friends and have your questions answered at local get - togethers run by
trained volunteer breastfeeding
counsellors or educators.
When I found out that they were looking for
volunteers to be
trained as lactation
counsellors, I immediately wanted in.
You can come along and meet new friends, chat to and get hints and tips from other mothers who've «been there» and talk to a
trained,
volunteer breastfeeding
counsellor if needed.
A local group is looked after by
trained,
volunteer breastfeeding
counsellors or educators who live in the area.
Around 1,100
trained volunteer breastfeeding
counsellors and community educators provide ABA's services to the community, to new mothers, and to health professionals.
Our
volunteer Counsellors all live in Argyll & are professionally
trained over three years to Advanced Certificate level, validated by the University of Edinburgh.
Our
counsellors, mediators, staff and
volunteers have been
trained to help people in such circumstances.
Through our highly
trained counsellors, mediators and other practitioners, we provide a high quality and professional support service across the country, and our work is supported by around 1,000 people in total, including around 400
volunteers.
ChildLine
counsellors are
trained staff and
volunteers who all have experience of listening and talking to children and young people.