BECOME A CERTIFIED BABYSITTER

In today’s day and age, babysitting seems like more of a right of passage than a chore of adolescence.  To ensure the safety of the child or children you are entrusted with as well as the safety of yourself, it is recommended that you first take the babysitting training course offered at the Red Cross.

This course, designed for youth age 11-15, focuses on the quintessential issues of babysitting, and the basic course takes approximately six hours to complete. Babysitter’s Training is developed to the lay responder level of training and focuses on leadership, basic care safety, safe play and first aid.  You can expect to learn:

• How to obtain and interview for a babysitting job;

• How to choose safe and age-appropriate toys and games;

• How to perform first aid; how to diaper and feed a child, how to handle bedtime issues;

• Acquire more knowledge enabling you to have an overall safer babysitting experience. 

In general, babysitter training is a wonderful opportunity to both learn and practice the necessary skills of successful babysitting.

What you NEED to know, and what every parent WANTS in a responsible babysitter.  To register contact Mike Deo, Assistant Director, Health & Safety Services, 973-538-2160 x 226 or mdeo@northwestnjredcross.org.