6 Training Hours

Course Content:

The Child and Babysitting Safety training program provides training in the business of babysitting, proper supervision, basic care giving skills and responding properly to ill or injured children and infants. This program is designed to focus on supervising, caring for and keeping children and infants safe in babysitting settings. The program is intended to be flexible in content. It can be customized to meet the teaching styles of the instructor and the learning needs of the student. This program may be integrated with Pediatric Emergency First Aid CPR and AED. When integrating skip Section 6 first aid in the Child and Babysitting Safety program deferring to the more extensive First Aid CPR and AED skills of the complete Pediatric Emergency First Aid CPR and AED program.

Who Would Benefit:

Responsible adolescents 10 years and up whom want to become babysitters or who are providing babysitting and child care services already. Many experts feel that 14 is generally an appropriate age to begin babysitting, but maturity, responsibility and the ability to react effectively in care of an emergency must always be considered regardless of age.

Regulations and Guidelines:

There is no law that says what minimum age a person must be before they can babysit, however it is against the law for a person to babysit during school hours that is under the age of 16 without permission from their school principle. Parents have the responsibility to decide how old a babysitter they hire should be and it is their responsibility to hire someone who can look after their children properly. In most cases labour laws do not apply to babysitting on a short term basis but rather to someone who works as a domestic on a regular weekly basis and who would be covered by employment standard.