If you are looking for a summer babysitting job and want to reassure parents you have the knowledge and skills needed - Sign up to Whānau Āwhina Plunket’s online Babysitting Course

This course with updated material, is designed to give teens from 14, the knowledge and skills to babysit children of all ages. It's written for first time babysitters, so you don't need to have previous experience to enrol.

It uses fun and informative videos, quizzes and activities divided into nine modules. The course takes around 2-3 hours to complete over three weeks.

In the course you’ll learn:

• the role of the babysitter, including the expectations of the families they are working for
• child safety, including emergency situations, and basic first aid
• ages and stages of children from birth to school age, their basic needs and their care
• professional behaviour including presentation
• how to engage with children of different ages, including activities for each age group and
• behavioural information
• how to get a babysitting job.

Upon completion of the course and the final quiz, you will be emailed a certificate certified by Whānau Āwhina Plunket to show employers that you have completed this course and are ready to babysit. Plus, we will email you a Babysitter’s Manual that supports all the information you have learned in the online course.

Everyone completing the course from November 2022 – 31 January 2023 will be invited to join one of three free online Q&A sessions with our babysitting educators.

The course costs $50 per student. Students can sign up directly through our website here or schools can apply for a discounted group rate (minimum of 10 people). We also have educators in Auckland and Tauranga who can deliver the course to classes. For more information contact EIS.Admin@plunket.org.nz