maternity support worker

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.

The most in-demand skills for this role include hygiene in a health care setting, childbirth, pregnancy, health education, human anatomy, contribute to continuity of health care. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives maternity support worker a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.