# Competences — maternity support worker

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/30194ac4-93b8-4450-8a15-f6f7cbe351cb).

## Essential

- **advise on family planning** (skill/competence)
- **advise on pregnancies at risk** (skill/competence)
- **advise on pregnancy** (skill/competence)
- **assist on pregnancy abnormality** (skill/competence)
- **care for the new-born infant** (skill/competence)
- **childbirth** (knowledge)
- **communicate with nursing staff** (skill/competence)
- **comply with legislation related to health care** (skill/competence)
- **comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice** (skill/competence)
- **contribute to continuity of health care** (skill/competence)
- **deal with emergency care situations** (skill/competence)
- **empathise with the healthcare user** (skill/competence)
- **empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy** (skill/competence)
- **ensure safety of healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **examine the new-born infant** (skill/competence)
- **follow clinical guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **health education** (knowledge)
- **human anatomy** (knowledge)
- **hygiene in a health care setting** (knowledge)
- **identify abnormalities** (skill/competence)
- **interact with healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
- **monitor basic patients signs** (skill/competence)
- **pregnancy** (knowledge)
- **provide basic support to patients** (skill/competence)
- **provide postnatal care** (skill/competence)
- **provide pre-natal care** (skill/competence)
- **support nurses** (skill/competence)
- **work in a multicultural environment in health care** (skill/competence)
- **work in multidisciplinary health teams** (skill/competence)
- **work under supervision in care** (skill/competence)
- **work with nursing staff** (skill/competence)

## Optional

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