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Where a maternity support worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a maternity support worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Maternity support workers work together in a team with midwives and health professionals within the occupational fields of nursing and midwifery. They assist midwives and women in childbirth by providing the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, assist births and assist in providing care for the new-born.

Also known as maternity care assistant, assistant to midwife, midwifery assistant, midwifery care assistant, midwife care assistant, midwife assistant, maternity support employee, maternity healthcare assistant.

Technicians and associate professionals 50 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: healthcare assistant, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
healthcare assistant 55% covered midwife 47% covered nurse assistant 38% covered respiratory therapy technician 38% covered dental hygienist 36% covered maternity support worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from maternity support worker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a maternity support worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A maternity support worker needs 32 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assist on pregnancy abnormality assisting and caring
  • care for the new-born infant assisting and caring
  • empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy assisting and caring
  • examine the new-born infant information skills
  • pregnancy health and welfare
  • provide postnatal care assisting and caring
  • provide pre-natal care assisting and caring
  • work under supervision in care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on pregnancies at risk communication, collaboration and creativity
  • health education education
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a maternity support worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Maternity support worker is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a maternity support worker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.