Members: $200; non-members: $240
Lunch provided

The JCC’s Babysitting Certification & Internship Program is for young people ages 11 – 16 years old, offering training and mentorship for all levels of babysitting experience. The program begins with a 7 hour American Red Cross training that provides youth planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly care for children and infants.

Participants will learn:

• Leadership skills; how to develop a babysitting business; how to keep themselves and others safe (including basic child care and basic first aid skills); and strategies for encouraging and maintaining calm and appropriate behaviors when on the job.
• Participants who successfully complete this training will earn their American Red Cross Babysitting Certification and will be eligible for serving up to 10 internship hours in the JCC’s Kidspace drop-in childcare center.
• There they will engage with children ages 6 months to 8, developing their skills and receiving mentorship and feedback from the Kidspace director and staff. Successful interns will receive a letter of reference and may be referred to JCC families looking for trained and certified babysitters.

Red Cross Babysitting Course Instruction and Certification – 7 hours
First Aid kit provided by the Red Cross
10 internship hours at Kidspace with mentorship
Certificate of Completion and possible references and referrals