Maternity Link Support Worker (Urdu)

Role Overview

Please note - Due to a genuine occupation need, and the demands of the service, we are only able to accept female applicants. The role involves working exclusively in a female patient environment specialising in labour, fertility, and gynaecology.

Responsibilities

• Part of the Birmingham and Solihull Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) – a team dedicated to supporting maternity care across its trusts, implementing the recommendations of “Better Births” by delivering the National Maternity Improvement Programme.
• Advocate for women and their families, building a trusting relationship and supporting the activities of patient experience, outreach, to listen to, and feedback views of our non-English-speaking populations.
• Work closely with the Community Midwifery Teams, Continuity of Carer teams, and local third sector organisations to build wraparound care and well-being service provision based in a community setting to improve outcomes for women from ethnic minorities throughout their pregnancy.
• Provide individualised support to women and deliver support to women and their families in a flexible and innovative way.
• Engage with the wellbeing of the women they interact with, promoting healthy lifestyles and signposting to other relevant services.
• Receive referrals from team members for support, who will advise and work proactively with all women and their household members who are from an ethnic minority background.
• Develop interventions jointly with Smoking Cessation Support Workers to ensure key health messages are delivered through focus groups, using different communication means based in a community setting to improve outcomes for women from ethnic minorities throughout their pregnancy.