Level 3 Diploma in Maternity Support
The PIMS Level 3 Diploma in Maternity Support develops practical supportive-care knowledge for assisting mothers, newborns and maternity-care teams within authorised healthcare-support roles.The programme cover...
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Program Overview
The PIMS Level 3 Diploma in Maternity Support develops practical supportive-care knowledge for assisting mothers, newborns and maternity-care teams within authorised healthcare-support roles.
The programme covers antenatal support, labour and post-delivery assistance, newborn care, maternal communication, safeguarding, infection prevention, teamwork and maternity documentation.
What You'll Learn
- Maternity Support Fundamentals
- Role of Maternity Support Workers
- Pregnancy and Maternal Health
- Antenatal Support
- Maternal Nutrition Awareness
- Pregnancy Monitoring Support
- Labour and Delivery Support
- Supporting Midwifery Teams
- Immediate Post-Delivery Support
- Newborn Care
- Safe Infant Handling
- Infant Feeding Support
- Breastfeeding Support Awareness
- Communication and Emotional Support
- Confidentiality
- Safeguarding Mothers and Infants
- Infection Prevention
- PPE
- Maternity Documentation
- Multidisciplinary Teamwork
- Emergency Response Awareness
Empowering professionals with knowledge, practical understanding and stronger workplace skills.
PIMSWho Should Attend?
This PIMS Maternity Support programme is suitable for Maternity Support Workers, Healthcare Assistants, Midwifery Support Staff, Maternal and Child Health Support Personnel and Community-Care Workers.
Key Benefits
After completing the programme, learners should be better prepared to:
- Develop maternity-support competence
- Strengthen maternal-care awareness
- Improve newborn-support skills
- Develop safeguarding knowledge
- Improve maternity documentation
- Strengthen teamwork with maternity-care professionals
Assessment & Evaluation
- Assessment Type: Written examination, practical maternity-support project and viva.
- Format: Multiple-choice questions, applied case studies, hands-on maternity-support project and oral defence.
- Total Questions: 80 theory questions plus 1 practical project and 1 viva.
- Passing Score: 70%.
- Duration: 6–8 weeks (120–150 hours total).
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