Maternity Link Support Worker Neurodiversity

Job overview

The Maternity Link Support Worker (MLSW) will support the Birmingham and Solihull Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) to improve outcomes for pregnant women from ethnic minority communities. Working with Community Midwifery Teams, Continuity of Carer teams, and community organisations, the post holder will support the delivery of key maternity initiatives, including Continuity of Carer, the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle, and Personalised Care and Support Plans.

The MLSW will provide person-centred support to women and their families throughout pregnancy, promoting health and wellbeing, encouraging healthy lifestyle choices, and signposting to appropriate services. The role will involve working proactively with women and their households to ensure maternity care is accessible, inclusive, and responsive to individual needs.

The post holder will deliver health messages through community engagement, outreach activities, and a range of communication methods to improve access to care and maternity outcomes. They will act as an advocate for women and families, build trusted relationships, support informed decision-making, and ensure the views of diverse communities are represented in service development.

As part of the LMNS, the MLSW will contribute to the delivery of the National Maternity Improvement Programme and the recommendations of Better Births, helping to provide safer, personalised, and equitable maternity care across Birmingham and Solihull.

Main duties of the job

• You will have responsibility for managing a caseload, dealing with referrals, signposting, or referring people to specialist services, connecting people with community services to sustain seamless maternity care, providing continuity for their maternity health care and wellbeing needs.
• Your role involves working with people who might be experiencing issues with access to services connected to complex issues, so you will need good listening and communication skills and be able to build effective partnerships with a wide range of organisations and community groups. Being proactive forming a network with other maternity co-Link Workers and primary care network Link Workers to navigate the woman to the right help/ service.
• The MLSW will be required to manage their time effectively to meet the needs of the women and their families in addition to service needs as required across the LMNS.
• The job outline highlights the main areas of responsibilities for the post but is not exhaustive. It is expected that in line with the development of the LMNS and the role, additional responsibilities that are commensurate to the role will be added to this role outline, to reflect the changing environment of the LMNS and maternity care system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.