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Youth Programming Update for Babysitter/PeopleSavers Training Partners
The Canadian Red Cross is thrilled to announce exciting changes are being implemented to our Youth programming this fall. Following our review of the current changing market and the invaluable feedback we received from Training Partners, Instructors, and facilitators, we have revised and updated our training for youth.
In addition to Babysitting we will have a new program called Stay Safe! The Stay Safe! program is designed for younger youth, ages 9 – 13. Our goal is to equip this particular group with the necessary skills to stay safe on their own and within their community. Both programs focus on giving youth the applicable and age-appropriate skills they require, while simultaneously increasing their capacity to improve safety and respond to challenges accordingly.
- Stay Safe! – Ages 9-13, 5 to 6 hours
- Brand new course:
- Importance of responsibility and respect while being accountable for yourself
- Importance of setting and following rules around safety when staying on your own
- How to stay safe at home and within the community
- How to prepare, recognize and respond to unexpected situations, (i.e. inclement weather, strangers, unanticipated visits)
- First Aid Content:
- Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911), recovery position, conscious choking (adult/child/alone), feeling unwell, asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer), anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen), poisoning, insect stings, wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)
- Interactive workbook
- Babysitting – Ages 11-15, 7 to 8 hours
- Complete update of the course to reduce redundancies and duplication of content. Full colour pictures added to child care and first aid sections
- Thorough update and restructuring of the child care and safety/injury prevention content to streamline the information
- Additional content on leadership, managing difficult behaviours and professional conduct as a babysitter
- Addition of various babysitter forms & checklists (i.e. babysitter’s interview checklist
- First Aid Content: Updated based on the newest scientific evidence
- Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911), glove removal, recovery position, conscious choking (adult/child/baby/alone), CPR (baby/child), illness, asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer), anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen), poisoning, insect stings, wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns), head, neck and back injuries, broken bones, seizures
- Reference text with imbedded critical thinking activities that will reinforce content
- PeopleSavers
- The PeopleSavers program is being discontinued with the launch of Stay Safe! and Babysitting, our new Youth programs. Training Partners are being encouraged to use up any existing stock they have.
Update for Facilitators
Facilitators looking to offer Youth programs will be able to do so by providing the Babysitting and Stay Safe! courses. In order to offer both of these new courses, current facilitators will need to purchase program materials. Facilitators will then be able to complete the online program updates, which will include an orientation to the two Youth programs, as well as the Fundamentals of Instruction for Youth Leaders. Facilitators will be referred to as Youth Leaders (a brand new title) after completing all steps within the update process.
Key changes to program standards:
- Two courses, one for ages 9-13 and one for 11-15
- New general minimum age for Youth Leaders of 18 years, or 16-17 years with adult support for emergency situations
- Our Youth Leader Development Program will guide all new Youth Leaders through the process, which will ensure said process is more accessible. The Youth Leader designation will remain current, provided there is a Standard First Aid &CPR/ AED Level C certificate or Instructor/teacher designation in place
- Completion criteria will no longer require a written knowledge evaluation. Participants will now need to show the following in order to successfully complete the course: attendance (100%), personal care skills, first aid skills, and appropriate behaviour
Youth First Aid program facilitators will be designated as Youth Leaders, and will be required to keep their Standard First Aid with CPR/AED C – or Instructor certification – current should they want to remain a Youth Leader.
Current Babysitter/PeopleSaver facilitators will have the opportunity to update their skills and obtain the new participant and Youth Leader materials. Pricing and times will be announced in September.
For ongoing program changes and 2016 updates, please look for current information here:
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