Useful Maternity and early year's links

A selection of links websites covering maternity services and early years workforce.

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Resources

Innovations Matter: examples of support workers in maternity services. The Children, Young People and Families programme from the Care Services and Improvement Partnership (CSIP)

Maternity support workers: enhancing the work of the maternity team National large scale workforce change produced in partnership with CSIP

18 weeks in orthopaedics: a practical guide to support delivery and transformation Written for orthopaedic operational and commissioning managers and clinical leads, this document acts as a ‘blueprint’ for preparing a plan to improve orthopaedic services.

Maternity support worker roles: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust's top 10 tips for NHS trusts wanting to introduce support workers into their maternity teams (NHS Employers website).

CSIP Children, Young People and Families Programme: a selection of workforce tools

Child Health and Maternity Services Self Assessment and Benchmarking Tools: register here to access the Maternity Matters Self Assessment Matrix

Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory: Maternity Matters consultation events, data summaries by strategic health authority (SHA) area.

Skills for Health: a series of online tools around maternity and care of the newborn which are helpful when collating a set of competences for a service or a role

Children Act 1989 (c.41)

Children's National Service Framework (Department of Health)

Support Workers in Maternity Services: a national scoping study of NHS Trusts providing maternity care in England 2006 (King's College London)

Department for Children, Schools and Families: early years workforce links including Sure Start services

Children Workforce Development Council (CWDC) Early Years Qualifications Workforce Audit Tool: creating the first accurate picture of the early years workforce in England.

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