Many people get a babysitting job as their first job experience. These instructions will teach you how to go about getting a babysitting job.
Steps
Step 1. Make sure you have experience in this field, or you can get references from someone you know who thinks you are capable of doing this job
As an experience it would also be fine if you have been nursing your little brother or sister, or if you have helped out in a daycare.
Step 2. Ask your relatives, friends, or colleagues of your parents if they know anyone who needs a babysitter
Step 3. Find out about current rates
Decide how much you want to be paid, how many children you can manage and until what time you are willing to work. Negotiate the price with the parents if they think it is too high.
Step 4. Advertise
Nobody will contact you if you don't advertise! Walk around the neighborhood and look for people who are out with the kids. Tell them you could keep the children if they need them. Also, you could make some business cards and deliver them to church, school, or your neighborhood if you know there are families looking for help to keep the kids! Provide some more information about yourself! Creating brochures and brochures and putting them in mailboxes is a great way to make yourself known.
Step 5. Arrange to meet the people who need a babysitter
You need to know how many children you will have to manage, what your pay, emergency numbers and other information will be. Also think about how you will get to work and how you will get home!
Step 6. Ask them to spread the word
Once you are done with the job, you can ask the parents if they can advertise for you. In this way, many people will know that you can be of help!
Advice
- Arrive a few minutes early for each job, especially the first day: you want to learn everything about the house (any burglar alarms, etc.) and get to know the children. But don't arrive too early!
- Talk to parents to find out what time you should put their children to bed, to find out about games, if they have special eating needs, and other responsibilities.
- Decide how to get home. Will your parents pick you up? Will you walk home? If not, make sure you are safe before getting in the car with the parents you work for - if they've been drinking all night, you'd better call home to see if your parents can pick you up.
- If you know someone who might be a potential client, try to be sociable with their parents.
- When you go to work, always carry games with you - call them the bag of surprises. Children love surprises. Also, bring a first aid kit, address book, and other items that may come in handy.
- If you are babysitting a little girl, it might be fun to polish her or you can teach her how to make friendship bracelets (if she is old enough).
- Asking questions is ALWAYS a good idea. The more you ask, the better. It will help parents feel safe leaving their child with you if they are confident that you know exactly what you are doing.
- Take courses: Having a red cross certificate will help you get more gigs.
- Try to make yourself known, putting brochures in the mailboxes is very useful!
- Sign up for a babysitter website such as https://www.care.com/, https://www.sittercity.com/, or https://www.babysitters.com/ Many parents search these sites.
- Try to find out what kids like to do like playstation 3 or Xbox to keep them entertained, or what sports they prefer like football or rugby.
Warnings
- Never lose sight of the baby.
- Don't take a job if you're not comfortable with your family or one of the children. Since you have the opportunity, choose who you want to work with.
- Never use violent methods with the children you are caring for.
- If you find that a child is being abused or neglected, tell an adult you can trust, such as one of the parents.
- Ask the child's parents if you can use their stuff.
- Make sure you know the family before starting work.
- Don't advertise with flyers without your parents' permission. If you want to use flyers a good compromise is that every time you have a new client, one of your parents should accompany you the first time you meet the family to check. Otherwise it would be better to use other methods to advertise yourself.
