Maternity Support Worker - Willow Team | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Maternity Support Worker - Willow Team (maternity cover until August 2027)

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Maternity Support Worker to join the Willow Team. You will provide care and support during pregnancy and the immediate postnatal period for individuals with complex social factors or vulnerabilities. Service users may include survivors of abuse, migrants, asylum seekers or refugees, and those affected by substance misuse, learning disabilities, or neurodivergent conditions.

We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic senior support workers who are enthusiastic to contribute to compassionate, personalised, and safe care, making a meaningful difference to both experience and outcomes.

This role requires someone who can use their initiative, adapt to changing needs and pressures, and demonstrate reliability and responsibility. You will work under the guidance and supervision—both direct and indirect—of Registered Health Professionals, so it is essential that you are motivated, collaborative, and team‑focused. Excellent communication skills, a sound understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality, and a flexible approach to work are all vital.

To assist the midwife - across hospital, community, or other settings - in providing individualised, person-centered care through physical, social, and psychological support to women, birthing people, and their families throughout the pregnancy, birth, and postnatal journey.

You will provide administrative support, prepare and maintain a safe environment, and implement basic care duties, performing delegated clinical procedures under the guidance and direction of the Midwives and practitioners from the Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found on this job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles, so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted for interview please make sure you apply as soon as possible.A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026