Nested offers this American Red Cross Comprehensive Babysitting class with Pediatric & Adult CPR/Choking Prevention/First Aid/AED certification in a blended learning class format to help you provide the care that families need. It consists of a self-paced, interactive online session to be taken in the convenience of your home, followed by an in-person, hands-on skills training and discussion session with one of Nested’s certified American Red Cross instructors.

AUDIENCE: 7^th graders and above — This course is ideal for childcare professionals (e.g., nannies, au pairs, and babysitters) as well as parents, grandparents, and siblings to help prepare you to recognize and respond to a variety of breathing and cardiac emergencies involving children and babies and expectations & goals for your child’s caretaker.

OVERVIEW OF CLASS:

Learning how to speak with potential families about rules and expectations of your babysitting availability, including consent forms, fees, etc.
Conducting a self-assessment to determine your skill set, the number of kids and type of duties you’d be comfortable with providing
Learning how to safely advertise yourself
Caring for kids from feeding to bedtime, including ideas about activities to play with children
Learning what is an emergency and how to handle it
Working through difficult babysitting scenarios

Included Tools and Resources

Resume template
Family interview form

4-HOUR TIME COMMITMENT (2 hours in person): American Red Cross online learning portion is 1-2 hours (done at your own pace at home), followed by a 2-hour in-person class for review and hands-on practice.
NOTE: The online portion must be completed PRIOR to being eligible to attend the hands-on portion of the class.

Should you choose to not complete or are unable to complete the online portion of the class, you may still attend the “hands on” in-person portion of the class to learn & practice techniques WITHOUT receiving the 2-year certification.

Refunds are not available for this class.

Registration for this class closes approximately 2 weeks prior to the class date. This is provide time for the client data to be processed into the American Red Cross system, which will then auto-send the account creation & log-in details to the clients to provide plenty of time to take & successfully pass the online portion of the class.