# Maternity Link Support Worker Neurodiversity > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-link-support-worker-neurodiversity/fe2784f2-070f-45e0-ae1e-50c4bf2c2a3a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-link-support-worker-neurodiversity/fe2784f2-070f-45e0-ae1e-50c4bf2c2a3a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (FTC) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-30T13:30:58.593Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8370094 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8370094?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent - Key Skills – literacy/numeracy **Desirable** - GCSE pass in English Language or equivalent - Trained in Making Every Contact Count and Motivational Interviewing - Level 3 Certificate in Community Interpreting or equivalent - Level 3 Award in British Sign Language or equivalent ### KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Able to demonstrate an understanding of health outcomes for women/birthing people with neurodiversity during pregnancy - Healthy lifestyle/behavioural change experience - Ability to work independently and as part of a team **Desirable** - Experience of providing support to women/birthing people with neurodiversity aligned to their social needs - Experience working with pregnant women - Previous experience in healthcare in the NHS - Baby friendly standards training certificate - Audit skills - Evidence of working with vulnerable patients requiring specialist support ### PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Excellent and accurate data entry skills **Desirable** - Experience of BadgerNet or patient records management system - European Computer Driving License certification, or equivalent ## Documents - [job description and person specification (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10737612) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.