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Babysitting

These pages support the guide to babysitting resource, Looking after other people's children.

You will find background information about the babysitting resource, tips on getting involved as a course trainer, updates and links to useful websites.

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Babysitting course

All teachers, youth workers and other educators need to train young people to safely take care of babies and younger children.

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Course structure

The babysitting course learning outcomes include rights and the law, accident prevention, first aid and coping with challenging situations.

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Babysitting courses near you

Find a babysitting course near you. Search by date, location or keyword.

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Run a course

Become a course director and run babysitting courses at your school or youth group. Existing course directors can log in here.

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Useful websites

Organisations that can help babysitters cope with health and safety issues, meningitis, cot death and first aid.

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Are you ready to run a course?

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Have you already purchased your babysitting resource? In that case, you're ready to learn how to be a course director.

Sign up to be a course director