First Job Ready
Badge Kids course
First Job Ready
Looking after someone else's children for money.
- 7 topics
- 25 lessons
- 7 quizzes
What the job really is, and what it is not.
Before you take the job
What looking after somebody else's child is.
What the job actually is
Safe and well until a parent walks back in.
In charge means in charge
Say it once. Say it again, exactly the same.
What you're good at already
What you have done, and what you have not yet.
- Check what you know
Quiz: The Job
Finding work, pricing it, and being asked back.
Your reputation, including online
Assume a parent looks you up. Make it good.
Your one-page résumé
One page. Two references who said yes.
Finding work safely
Work comes through people you can name.
You can say no to a job
You can say no. You do not owe a reason.
What to charge
Agree the rate before the job, out loud.
- Check what you know
Quiz: The Business
The job is safe for them and for you.
What each age needs from you.
Crying, meals, bedtime, and the hard hour.
Their rules, their kitchen, their front door.
What you do first, and who you call.
