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Maternity Support Worker Apprenticeship, FdSc, Kingston University London

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Kingston University London

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About Maternity Support Worker Apprenticeship, FdSc - at Kingston University London

By completing the Assistant Practitioner (Maternity Support Worker) Apprenticeship FdSc, you’ll develop a wide range of specialist and transferable clinical, care and interpersonal skills needed to become a Maternity Support Worker. 

As a maternity support worker, you’ll become an essential part of the maternity care team. You’ll work alongside midwives and a diverse multi-multi-disciplinary workforce to deliver high quality care and support. 

This program is a two-year, full-time apprenticeship (employment-based with part-time university attendance). To apply, you must be employed as a healthcare support worker in a maternity service for at least 30 hours per week. Your employer must agree to allow you time off for off-the-job learning, including simulation and study days, as well as for rotational placements to help you meet your competencies. The apprenticeship tuition fees are covered by the apprenticeship levy, paid by your employer.

Notes about fees for this course

2025/26

This degree apprenticeship programme is funded through the Government's Apprenticeship Levy within the approved funding band.

Entry requirements

The Assistant Practitioner (Maternity Support Worker) Apprenticeship FdSc requires that you: 

  • Are employed for a minimum of 30 hours per week.
  • Have evidence of Right to Work in England for the duration of your course and endpoint assessment.

Qualifications needed for 2026

  • GCSE at grade 4 or above (or grade C or above for GCSEs taken before 2017) in English Language and Mathematics. Or, you can have an equivalent qualification such as Functional/Key skills level 2 in numeracy and literacy.
  • Learning at level 3 by qualification (normally 56 UCAS points) or two years of verifiable and relevant work experience

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