Enhanced Maternity Support Worker - #193271

Enhanced Maternity Support Workers (MCoC’s) will work proactively within a continuity team to support and offer women individualised additional care packages. This is to support health and equalities improved outcomes. Working in collaboration with all members of the team; enhanced MCoC’s assist in the planning and delivery, of health improvement, additional breastfeeding support, mental health and wellbeing, social prescribing. The successful applicant will need to work across communities, public sector, and private sector to provide additional support with health lifestyle choices. This will support in improving outcomes for women and babies.

Enhanced Maternity Support Workers are members of the team, working under the supervision and guidance of registered midwives and other professional staff.

Enhanced Maternity Support Worker must work within their sphere of responsibility. The MCoC will be supported and trained in the necessary skills to ensure that the activity can be undertaken competently.

The post holder will work with other professionals, charities and wider community groups who will come together to support and provide specific, recognisable care packages to women and prospective new parents to enable them to develop parenting skills pertinent to family needs and choice.

This is a non-clinical role which requires understanding of the needs of women and families who may experience health inequalities.

Participate in the delivery of specific care packages.

Contribute to the provision and raising awareness of public health issues i.e., smoking/passive smoking, breastfeeding and healthy lifestyle choices and improved wellbeing.

Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary and wider community team to ensure that the needs of mothers and babies are enhanced.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation

Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our approach to healthcare is founded on our four core values :

• Kind – we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone
• Open – we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair – we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team – we work well together and with our communities

We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.

We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.

Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application

Please see attached job description and person specification for a full list of roles and responsibilities

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