Sure Start Midwife

Job Summary

The Sure Start Midwife provides an outreach service which is complementary to existing core services. The post holder will work in partnership with colleagues in the statutory, voluntary and community sectors in the Sure Start area to meet the needs of local women, babies and families. The Sure Start Midwife will promote good physical and mental health in preparation for the experience of pregnancy, childbirth and beyond, and will support mothers-to-be, new mothers and their partners in forming and strengthening attachment relationships and the care of the infant.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Support and promote positive birth, normality and breastfeeding and/or responsive feeding through 1:1 and group work with women and their partners

2. Work in a way which values parents, responds to their expressed needs and encourages participation and empowerment.

3. Promote and support good health and emotional well-being during pregnancy and the postnatal period and support parents in their preparation for becoming parents.

4. Support parents with the bonding and attachment experience, whilst promoting nurturing care of the infant.

5. Work with other members of the Sure Start team to achieve the Sure Start aims and objectives