As a Maternity Support Worker, you will need to master following:

• advise on family planning
• advise on pregnancies at risk
• advise on pregnancy
• assist on pregnancy abnormality
• care for the new-born infant
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• contribute to continuity of health care
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• examine the new-born infant
• monitor basic patients signs
• pregnancy
• provide basic support to patients
• provide postnatal care
• provide pre-natal care
• work in multidisciplinary health teams
• work with nursing staff

More generally, a maternity support worker is also versed in:

• childbirth
• communicate with nursing staff
• comply with legislation related to health care
• deal with emergency care situations
• empathise with the healthcare user
• empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy
• follow clinical guidelines
• health education
• human anatomy
• hygiene in a health care setting
• identify abnormalities
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• support nurses
• work in a multicultural environment in health care
• work under supervision in care

It also helps to know the following:

• anaesthetics
• analgesics
• apply context specific clinical competences
• assess the course of breast-feeding period
• distribute meals to patients
• embryology
• microbiology-bacteriology
• monitor pregnancy
• neonatology
• postpartum period
• preparation for child delivery
• preparation for parenthood
• promote health and safety
• have computer literacy
• provide health education
• sex education
• use different communication channels