Nursery World - My working life... Antenatal practitioner

Helping parents find the confidence and skills to deal with their
newborn can be hugely rewarding, Cerys Byrne tells Gabriella Jozwiak

Cerys Byrne is an antenatal practitioner for the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) in Basingstoke, Hampshire. The NCT has more than 300 branches across the UK run by both paid staff and volunteers. Ms Byrne delivers training courses on a part-time basis to expectant couples about how to prepare for the birth of their first child.

She says, 'I just have to turn up and teach. The NCT branch head tells practitioners in an area how many courses they require, and we bid for what we want to deli- ver. The only paperwork I do is to submit an annual return to NCT to prove I've taught enough hours to maintain my practice licence. I don't take bookings - that's all done centrally.

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