Baby First Aid Course
Childcare Help Training and Education baby first aid courses emphasize preventing accidents, not just treating them. We provide opportunities for childcarers such as nannies and childminders, as well as parents to learn, grow and develop their skills in first aid for babies and toddlers in a safe, friendly and educational environment.
Baby First Aid Courses in the UK with Childcare Help Training and Education:
This means you will be one step closer to registering with OFSTED on the voluntary or early years register, making you a more attractive candidate to potential employers, as well as giving you confidence in your professional practice. With baby first aid courses in UK 3 times a week, Childcare Help Training and Education makes it easier for nannies and childminders to achieve an OFSTED compliant certification in first aid for babies and toddlers.
We use a combination of our understanding as a nanny agency based in the UK, as well as working alongside the guidelines recommended to childcarers by the likes of OFSTED and the Early Years Foundation Stage, to offer regular baby first aid courses in the UK to fit around your schedule. This makes it easy to book a course with us at a time that suits you. Childcare Help has been placing nannies with families for over 10 years, and the one criteria every family requires from their childcarer is that they are trained in first aid for babies and toddlers.
For new parents, gaining and understanding some basic skills in first aid for babies and toddlers will help you to feel relaxed going into this new journey. By acquiring these skills, should help give you the confidence to care for your new baby and to keep them safe and healthy. So why not enquire about the prices and book a baby first aid course and build on your confidence in caring for your baby or child?
Cost of the course and duration:
The price of our OFSTED compliant pediatric first aid course for babies and toddlers is competitively priced at £120 for the full 12-hour course, making it one of the cheapest blended pediatric first aid (PFA) courses available to nannies and childminders in the UK.
For nannies and childminders, our 12 hours blended pediatric first aid course, which compromises of 6 hours of hands-on training with one of our fully qualified pediatric first aid trainers, and then another 6 hours online, is fully OFSTED compliant for the Early Years and Voluntary Childcare Registers, and suitable for childcarers, whether you are wishing to work as a nanny, childminder or nursery practitioner.
What is taught in the course?
To have the basic skills that a first aid course for babies and toddlers can offer, should give you the reassurance that you are capable of keeping children safe. By completing a first aid course for babies and toddlers, you will also improve your practice to be able to assess risks, provide a safe environment, and know exactly what to do in an emergency where first aid may be required. As a parent, nanny, or childminder, this should be a priority and by completing a baby first aid course, you will develop your understanding across each of these areas.
When it comes to children, you should be prepared for any kind of emergency. Unfortunately, small children do not understand risks, and so it is down to the adult to risk assessment for them, and a family home can be a challenge to some. Children are curious about the world around them and will explore in many ways, including putting things in their mouth.
In the event of a much bigger accident happening, we hope you will never have to use the first aid skills that you learn from the first aid course for babies and toddlers, but unfortunately, these situations can happen, and being prepared and knowing exactly what to do in that capacity is the best practice that you can provide to any family as their nanny or childminder. For parents, it is having the understanding of what to do in any given situation that should in turn give you confidence and allow you to remain calm and focused. The Childcare Help baby first aid course in the UK will be taken face-to-face and follow a set of basic skills needed to care for young children.
What are all included in the course?
To develop these skills, nannies and childminders are given plenty of opportunities to practice within our first aid course for babies and toddlers and are made to feel comfortable and confident in all first aid training given.
1) Being able to assess an emergency and prioritize what action to take
2) Helping a baby or child who is unresponsive and breathing normally
3) Helping a baby or child who is unresponsive and not breathing normally
4) Helping a baby or child who is having a seizure
5) Helping a baby or child who is choking
6 )Helping a baby or child who is bleeding
7)Helping a baby or child who is suffering from shock caused by severe blood loss (hypovolemic shock)
It is important to complete a full 12 hour OFSTED compliant pediatric first aid (PFA) course as a nanny or childminder as in addition to the above criteria, you will also learn how to:
8) Help a baby or child who is suffering from anaphylactic shock
9) Help a baby or child who has had an electric shock
10) Help a baby or child who has burns or scalds
11) Help a baby or child who has a suspected fracture
12) Help a baby or child with head, neck or back injuries
13) Help a baby or child who is suspected of being poisoned
14) Help a baby or child with a foreign body in eyes, ears or nose
15) Help a baby or child with an eye injury
16) Help a baby or child with a bite or sting
17) Help a baby or child who is suffering from the effects of extreme heat or cold
18) Help a baby or child having: a diabetic emergency; an asthma attack; an allergic reaction; meningitis; and/or febrile convulsions
19) Understand the role and responsibilities of the pediatric first aider (including appropriate contents of a first aid box and the need for recording accidents and incidents)
First Aid Course for Babies and Toddlers and Our Trainers:
All our baby first aid trainers are qualified and equipped to help you with any questions or concerns you have. We want you to leave the baby first aid course confident in your ability and ready to take on any emergency. During your Childcare Help face-to-face baby first aid course in the UK, adequate resuscitation and other equipment is provided for your training to adhere to the OFSTED and Early Years Foundation Stage standards.
It is by using this equipment, including baby and junior resuscitation models, where the hands-on learning will provide you with confidence and reassurance. The first aid course for babies and toddlers you will be taught should give all trainees the ability to practice and demonstrate techniques.
Baby First Aid Course for Parents in the UK:
The first aid course for babies and toddlers, for new parents, takes 2.5 hours to complete. This gives enough time to learn the basic skills needed in theory and also time to put them into practice with resuscitation dummies.
By completing a first aid course for babies and toddlers, you will get to practice hands-on resuscitation methods on dummies of a baby and a child. This is because the techniques needed to apply CPR are different depending on the age of the child.
When it comes to children, you should be prepared for anything. Have the basic skills that a baby first aid course can offer will help you to know exactly what to do in an emergency where first aid may be required.
The course includes:
• CPR for babies and children
• Choking for babies and children
• Head injuries (minor and serious)
• Burns
• Bleeding (minor and serious)
• Meningitis
Booking for the course:
For new parents:
For the 2.5-hour baby first aid course in the UK, the price will be £59 per person.
As with all our courses, the prices for baby first aid courses for new parents are comparative and also competitive with those on the market and reflect the standard of training given by Childcare Help Training and Education.
Childcare Help Training and Education run baby first aid courses for new parents in the UK in the evenings. These courses are 2.5 hours long and will take place at our King’s Cross office in the central UK.
Prices for our baby first aid courses vary depending upon where you wish to complete the course. Parents who wish to hold a first aid course for babies and toddlers within their own home can contact us to discuss the price, as it will vary depending on your location and how many participants you wish to book on to the course.
Childcare Help is a member of the First Aid Industry Body. A regulatory body ensuring a high quality of service and standard from its members.
This way you receive quality, up-to-date information, with fantastic teachers who are fully qualified and regulated to provide baby first aid courses in the UK.

For nannies and childminders:
The pediatric baby first aid course in the UK is held at our Kings Cross office. The price for the pediatric baby first aid course for nannies and childminders is £120.
Childcare Help runs OFSTED compliant pediatric baby first aid courses (PFA) in the UK during the day, 3 times a week.
Our courses run on either a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday every week, allowing you the time to book a course that works around your schedule. This way you can achieve your pediatric first aid course for babies and toddlers quickly. It is also a requirement to renew your first aid course for babies and toddlers every 3 years, so keeping up to date with your first aid and refreshing your skills is easy to achieve when our courses run so frequently.
Childcare Help first aid courses for babies and toddlers meets the requirements set out by OFSTED for the Early Years and Childcare registers, meaning on completion of the baby first aid course, nannies and childminders can register with OFSTED.