Diploma in Antenatal Education

Antenatal teachers meet women and men at a critical point in their lives. Having a baby often means that people want to review their lives, make changes and plan for the future in a very committed way. As an antenatal teacher, you are there to help them do this.

As an antenatal teacher, your job is to ensure that the people who come to your classes have the information they need to be able to make their own decisions, as well as the opportunity to think about what kind of birth they want and what kind of parents they would like to be. You will also be helping the women and men who you meet at classes to get to know each other, so that they can support each other through pregnancy and afterwards. NCT antenatal classes are famous for bringing people together and friendships are formed that often last a lifetime.

Requirements for becoming an antenatal teacher

In order to be considered for the NCT’s Antenatal Teacher Training Programme, you need to fulfil the following criteria:

• You must be able to demonstrate relevant personal experience from which you can draw upon, in order to show that you have the potential to support parents in a constructive and reflective manor, during the life changing transition to parenthood.
• You must have a committment to the ethos and values of the NCT
• You must be, or become, a member of the NCT

Contact our receptionist for an information pack on NCT antenatal teacher, breastfeeding counsellor or postnatal leader training.