Childcare jobs in Grande-Bretagne

The primary role of the Maternity Support Worker (MSW) is to assist, support and work in collaboration with the midwife and the wider multidisciplinary team; in order to provide a safe and holistic approach to women centred care.

The midwife is ultimately responsible for the care of the mother and her new‑born(s), and it is under the direct or indirect supervision of the midwife that the MSW assists with and provides clinical care following completion of any relevant or appropriate training. The employee will be provided with appropriate training for the clinical setting in which they are working. The role is Community based within Nottinghamshire and training is provided at Nottingham University Hospitals City and QMC.

Post will be fixed term for 10 or 12 months.

• Undertake planned delegated care as part of the midwifery team, delivering high standards of clinical, physical, psychological and social aspects of care under the supervision of a registered practitioner.
• Work in partnership with women and their families, developing and maintaining positive relationships, support informed decision making and respect the woman, birthing person and their family’s wishes.
• Work within limits of own competence and authority in line with the MSW’s scope of practice in the national framework to inform care planning in line with national and local guidance, escalating to the multi‑disciplinary team to avoid harm as required.
• Work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Promote a professional, welcoming and caring environment.
• Have a positive attitude and consistently demonstrate the Trust’s values and behaviours.

• Manage own time effectively prioritising care needs of women and their babies under the direction and supervision of the associated professional.
• Communicate effectively and clarify understanding with women and their families in all settings and be able to select appropriate methods to communicate when a disability or complexity may exist.
• Understand and gain consent before providing care.
• Undertake baseline and routine observations and measurements (and escalated any deviation from the normal range) to the named midwife or appropriate member of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Perform venepuncture or capillary blood sampling in line with national standards and local policy and guidance following completion of relevant competencies training.
• Assist in the nutrition and hydration needs of women and birthing people.

• Undertake neonatal observations under direct and indirect supervision and escalated any deviations from the normal range appropriately and in a timely manner, following the completion of practical and theoretical competency training.
• Observe the overall wellbeing of the newborn and escalated any concerns to named midwife or multi‑professional team in a timely manner.
• Provide practical support and transition to parenthood for new parents when caring for their newborn, whilst promoting safety, bonding and teaching parenting skills in the home settings.
• Assist or perform neonatal blood sampling including tests such as newborn blood spot and TCB jaundice test as directed by the midwife, following successful completion of appropriate competency training.

• Have the knowledge and skills to support initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding.
• Understand the importance of skin‑to‑skin contact to support infant feeding and how to facilitate this within practice promoting responsive feeding to feeding cues.
• Understand principles and mechanisms of attachment and positioning for effective feeding in line with BFI standards.
• Be aware of the range of circumstances which can affect lactation and breastfeeding and be able to support mothers to overcome common challenges and make appropriate referrals when necessary (e.g. midwife/health visitor/infant feeding lead).
• Understand how to help women continue breastfeeding should supplementation be required.
• Support with expressing and storage of breastmilk to include hand and pump expression technique and the use of cup feeding.
• Be aware of the main constituents of human milk and their function, including colostrum and mature breastmilk.
• Appreciate the importance and the role of human milk and breastfeeding to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for infants, their mothers and the wider family and in promoting and protecting public health.
• Understand the functional anatomy and physiology of lactation and hormonal influences on milk production and mothering, as well as the role of the Feedback Inhibitor of Lactation (FIL).
• Be able to support parents who formula feed to do so responsively and as safely as possible including minimising the risks, to make up feeds, how to sterilise equipment, how to hold a baby and pace the feeds.
• Develop an understanding of the importance of secure mother‑infant attachment and the impact this has on health and emotional wellbeing, irrespective of feeding method.
• Understand the importance of the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent WHA Resolutions (the Code) and how it impacts on practice.

• Maintain an up to date knowledge base about local and national antenatal and newborn screening services and signpost women, birthing people and their families to appropriately qualified practitioners if they are undecided or have concerns.
• Have an understanding and advise families about newborn blood spot screening, immunisations and produce GROW Charts following successful completion of the appropriate competencies training.
• Recognise and promote the principles of behavioural change required in health promotion activities including diet, food hygiene, exercise, personal hygiene and smoking cessation (for example, assess CO levels and signpost to local service appropriately as per policy guidance).
• Complete the relevant documentation for screening tests performed in the maternity records.
• Recognise any deterioration in mental and emotional wellbeing and respond appropriately, escalating to a midwife to enable an appropriate care pathway.
• Be aware of and understand the current policy and service frameworks for mental health (e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Mental Health Act) and how they impact on your role.
• Be aware of perinatal mental health issues and the appropriate referral pathway including escalation to the multi‑disciplinary team within home or hospital setting.

• Understand and abide by the local infection control policy and procedure.
• Act responsibly in respect of colleagues’ health, safety and welfare following safety at work practices including lone working, complying with local health and safety policy and guidance.
• Ensure the cleanliness of equipment in all clinical and non‑clinical areas and assist the midwife in appropriately preparing the environment.
• Ensure adequate stock levels are maintained in all clinical settings, and equipment is available; escalated any depletion of stock or resources in a timely manner.
• Ensure the working order of equipment, reporting any concerns, faults or breakages to the appropriate person in a timely manner.
• Report any incidents or concerns using Datix and escalated such concerns or incidents appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Participate in the audit of standards within the unit as and when required.

• Ensure that all clinical documentation written or electronic is accurately and confidentially collected, updated, stored and filed in accordance with local information governance and record keeping policy and guidance.
• Provide administrative support to the midwifery team as required.
• Maintain confidentiality and data protection in line with local information governance and in accordance with legal requirements for tracking, obtaining and filing clinical records.

• Convey an approachable and professional manner to all mothers, birthing people and their families.
• Demonstrate an awareness of discriminatory attitudes and challenge this behaviour to promote equality. Recognise how to support people from protected characteristics groups which includes: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (Equality Act 2010).
• Ensure that knowledge of local safeguarding policy and procedure is maintained and used appropriately referring issues of concern in a timely manner.
• Be vigilant of child protection issues and refer issues of concern in a timely manner to registered midwife complying with legal requirements.

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This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025.