Maternity Support Worker FdSc

<br/>- Successful completion of the programme will equip you to work as a qualified Maternity Support Worker.<br/><br/><br/>- Kingston University is ranked No.1 in London for Midwifery (Guardian University Guide 2025).<br/><br/><br/>- Youll develop a range of specialist and transferable skills through clinical placements in a variety of maternity settings.<br/><br/><br/>As a maternity support worker, you will deliver hands-on care to women, birthing people, and their families, and will work alongside midwives and other members of the maternity care team. You will play a key part in the multi-disciplinary workforce that is needed to respond to maternity services.<br/><br/>This programme is available as a work-based learning FdSc over two years (employment based, with part-time university attendance). Applications are made through UCAS. You will need to be employed as a health care support worker in a maternity service for a minimum of 23 hours per week.<br/><br/>Your employer will need to agree to release you for rotational placements to support you in achieving your competencies and theory learning simulation, study days and guided learning.<br/><br/>Successful completion of the programme will equip you to work as a Maternity Support Worker up to band 4. Achieving the FdSc will help you to progress your career within the health and social care sector. Through a combination of theoretical and practice learning you will develop a wide range of specialist and transferable clinical, care and interpersonal skills. <br/><br/>This course is also available as an apprenticeship.