By completing the Assistant Practitioner (Maternity Support Worker) Apprenticeship FdSc, you’ll develop a wide range of specialist and transferable clinical, care and interpersonal skills needed to become a Maternity Support Worker.
As a maternity support worker, you’ll become an essential part of the maternity care team. You’ll work alongside midwives and a diverse multi-multi-disciplinary workforce to deliver high quality care and support.
This program is a two-year, full-time apprenticeship (employment-based with part-time university attendance). To apply, you must be employed as a healthcare support worker in a maternity service for at least 30 hours per week. Your employer must agree to allow you time off for off-the-job learning, including simulation and study days, as well as for rotational placements to help you meet your competencies. The apprenticeship tuition fees are covered by the apprenticeship levy, paid by your employer.
