Professional Midwife Advocacy Service

Restorative Support and AEQUIP. 

Are you an independent midwife or doula seeking support in your everyday practice? At IMUK, we understand that being an independent practitioner can sometimes feel isolating. You’re no longer accountable to an employer but to your clients, yourself, and the NMC. This newfound freedom can be liberating, allowing you to practice in your unique way, but it also comes with its own set of challenges.

Restorative Clinical Support: Your Path to Renewal and maintaining Professional Autonomy

What is Restorative Support?

Restorative Support is tailored for professionals, including Midwives, facing emotionally and demanding workloads.  Through group sessions and one to one meetings, we aim to reduce stress and burnout, enabling you to make clearer decisions.

Who Can Benefit?

Restorative Clinical Support is not just for those who feel pressured and under stress. It has been available across many services including Mental Health, the Police, Teaching and Social Work.  Receiving Restorative Clinical Support, provides some protected time and space for you to reflect and process experiences in relation to your practice.  This can further support you in being able to continue to deliver exceptional care as an Independent Midwife outside of the NHS.

How Does it Help?

As an independent practitioner, you face unique challenges—supporting complex clients, coordinating with NHS and private providers, managing your own continuing professional development and meeting revalidation requirements.  Our PMAs can support you through facilitating the restorative clinical support as part of your reflective discussions for revalidation.  Reflective discussions can also support you with other clinical situations and experiences, including liaising with NHS Trust management and multidisciplinary teams.  Restorative Clinical Support enables continual renewal and maintenance of your Professional Autonomy further embedding resilience as an Independent Midwife Practitioner.

Why Choose IMUK? – AEQUIP: Empowering You to Grow

Advocating through restorative Clinical Supervision, Education and Quality ImProvement within one’s own practice.   

Our Professional Midwife Advocates, Sarah Jones and Becky Millar are both experienced midwives and advocates with accredited Level 7 training for the PMA role.  They utilize proven methods like Reciprocity and Appreciative Enquiry to facilitate your growth.  Becky and Sarah maintain their accreditation through NHS England’s programme of Continuing Professional Development for PMA’s.

Confidentiality is Key

 

Join Us for RCS Sessions

Meet us at existing contact meetings: Huddles, AGM, and Making the Move Workshops. Monthly online safe space drop-ins.

For personalized sessions, reach out to us:

 

Let’s embark on this journey towards renewal and growth together.

the benefits of joining imuk

Joining IMUK connects you to a UK wide network of independent midwifery professionals with one being your own mentor, who will support you with unrivalled clinical knowledge and experience.

You’ll also be supporting our work to ensure that autonomous practice continues for the midwives and families of the future.

"I never feel I am practising alone, I have found my “Tribe”. I know I can call upon my IMUK colleagues day or night"
Amanda Garside, Independent Midwife