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📢New job alert! We're #hiring at NCT Charity for a Service Delivery Manager in Newham. We are delighted to be commissioned to deliver infant feeding peer support within Newham’s diverse community. Working in partnership with local infant feeding teams, health visiting and midwifery teams, children centres and volunteer and charity organisations to ensure all parents are able to access the support they need. The post holder is responsible for the recruitment, coordination, support and management of a diverse team of infant feeding peer supporter volunteers across the borough, working in collaboration with NCT’s established perinatal peer support work within the borough. The role is based in the Newham community with some home working. More: https://lnkd.in/eX3JZ65s

NCT Chief Executive, Angela McConville, shares her reflections at the end of Birth Trauma Awareness Week. #BTAW2024

As the new Prime Minister and his family settle into Number 10, it is worth reflecting on the future being created for the 1,600 babies born the day he was elected to office. These newborns represent the potential of our country, and their families and caregivers are helping build the foundations of the future. Our country needs a fresh approach to supporting people as they become parents and bring new lives into the world. Women’s experiences of #maternity care have deteriorated significantly over the last decade, and issues of understaffing and workforce retention, health and socio-economic #inequalities, poor continuity of care, and lack of good #postnatal care persist. The new Government is inheriting legacy systems, issues, backlogs - including a failing maternity and broken postnatal care system. Failing to act will leave its own legacy – communities of families across the country carrying birth traumas and injuries, mental health challenges, lost loved ones. It will create the belief that to start a family is too risky, or simply too costly for many. It will also continue to cost the NHS dearly. Maternity failings accounted for the majority of the NHS’s £13bn spend on negligence in 2021-22, and last week alone two hospital trusts were told to pay out £92 million for birth and maternity failings for which they were responsible. The secret of change will be to focus our energy on envisioning and building a new equitable, compassionate, person-centered maternity system.  At NCT, we look forward to working in partnership with the new Government to deliver its manifesto promises on #women’s #health. We know that resources are finite, and if the Government can do more with what it has at its disposal, then they may succeed in stemming this flow of litigation payments and be able to invest in improving services – not just apologising and compensating for when they go terribly wrong. Some changes won’t be possible overnight – rebalancing the shortage in midwives, for example – but others are possible, such as setting an explicit target to close the Black and Asian maternal mortality gap. Let’s act quickly and with intention where we can and long-term vision where we can’t. As a priority, this new Government must create the conditions for fresh thinking and system-wide reimagination, and through collaboration across #maternity, #neonatal and local authority sectors, including charities and not-for-profits. Now is the time for leadership and action to implement systemic change so that all women, families and their babies receive the personalised, equitable and safe care they deserve.  

Parents know what’s best for babies. We continue to improve our courses and services to meet the needs of new and expectant parents. That’s why we’ve listened to you and added extra content to our NCT Antenatal course covering newborn safety and baby health. The course now includes video guides covering safer sleep, baby travel safety, newborn breathing, monitoring your baby’s health and more. These short guides are created in collaboration with Mini First Aid to help you feel more confident in the early days of parenting. Click the link to see what more you can get with our antenatal course: https://bit.ly/3Lln5u1. #antenatalclass #antenatalcourse #newbornsafety #babyhealth

None of us want to think about our babies being unwell. But it’s important to feel prepared for an emergency just in case. What can you do? As well as understanding what to expect with your newborn in your NCT Antenatal course, you get access to newborn safety and baby health video guides including one with a focus on your baby’s health. This video covers: 🌡️ How to take your baby’s temperature 🩺 Things to monitor for doctors ❕ Symptoms of meningitis ❗ Signs of sepsis Book an antenatal course to learn more about how to care for your baby and the ways to keep them safe: https://bit.ly/3XPgMX2 Mini First Aid #antenatalclass #antenatalcourse #newbornsafety #babyhealth

✨ New course content! ✨ Our NCT Antenatal course now includes exclusive newborn safety and baby health videos, at no extra cost to you. Created in collaboration with Mini First Aid, these short guides cover important information for your newborn including safer sleeping, baby travel safety, newborn breathing and taking your baby’s temperature. Find antenatal classes in your local area: https://bit.ly/4cp0PLX #AntenatalClass #AntenatalCourse #NewbornSafety #BabyHealth

New and expectant parents, we need your input! 📣 Take our quick survey to help improve the parent info on our website and enter to win a £100 High Street voucher! 🛍️ Your feedback is crucial. We’re especially keen to hear from parents from underrepresented groups. Start here: https://lnkd.in/ekCqB7E8 #Parenting #Survey #WinBig

We’re #hiring at NCT Charity for a Customer Experience Manager to join our team. The role is fully remote with great flexible working arrangements! Do you know anyone who might be interested?   The role 35 hours per week with an FTE salary of £36,000 p/a.   📩 Apply today and join NCT where we support over 250,000 parents across the UK and Channel Islands.   Visit our website for more information or contact Sian Thomas the hiring manager for a chat!   See below link to apply 👇🏽 https://lnkd.in/e2Wgj9TG

Today marks the start of The Big Help Out 2024! If you've been inspired this week by the work NCT volunteers do in their communities, check out The Big Help Out website or download the app to find out how you can lend a hand and make a change in your local area over the next three days: https://lnkd.in/eQfNdhg6 #TheBigHelpOut

From volunteers running activities and events in their local community to those offering peer support services, NCT trustees and practitioners who give up their time to support people as they become parents. Thank you to you all. We provide over 70,000 hours of support to parents each year because of the time and dedication NCT volunteers give. #VolunteersWeek