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Maternity support worker

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Assistant to midwife Maternity care assistant Maternity healthcare assistant Maternity support employee Maternity support worker Midwife assistant Midwife care assistant Midwifery assistant Midwifery care assistant

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.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Providing advice to women, families and communities on health, nutrition, hygiene, exercise, birth and emergency plans, breastfeeding, infant care, family planning and contraception, lifestyle and other topics related to pregnancy and childbirth;
(b) Assessing progress during pregnancy and childbirth, and recognizing signs and symptoms requiring referral to a health professional;
(c) Providing delivery care, usually only in the absence of identified potential complications, or assisting medical doctors or midwifery professionals with delivery care;
(d) Providing care and support to women and newborns following childbirth, monitoring their health status, and identifying signs and symptoms requiring referral to a health professional.

Knowledge

  • Nursing and midwifery
  • Medicine
  • Biology
  • Pharmacy
  • Education science

Digital competencies

  • Communicating with colleagues and clients
  • Providing medical advice
  • Complying with operational procedures
  • Working in teams
  • Complying with health and safety procedures

Digital competencies

  • Accessing and analysing digital data

Personal competencies

  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Supporting others
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Health associate professionals

Nursing and midwifery associate professionals

Midwifery associate professionals

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Health associate professionals

27%

73%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Health associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Nursing and midwifery associate professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Midwifery associate professionals

No experience
15%
Less than 1 year
57%
Between 1 and 2 years
9%
Between 2 and 4 years
9%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
4%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
21%
Administrative and support service activities
21%
Other service activities
16%
Human health and social work activities
15%
Information and communication
11%
Others
16%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.