Infant massage for nurseries, childminders, nannies and other childcarers

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  • Author
    Julie Cleasby
  • Level
    Beginners
  • Study time
    4-5 hours
  • Video
    Yes included
  • Exams
    Ongoing
  • Certification

What's included?

  • Expert tutor support
  • Video content
  • Ongoing assessment
  • Downloadable PDFs

Our aim

Our main aim is to provide nursery staff and childcarers such as nannies and maternity nurses with the basic knowledge and understanding of infant massage so they can then safely practice basic infant massage sessions with babies under their care after prior consent from parents.

How can it be used?

Undertaking a certificate in using infant massage will enable you to help young babies experience the well-being properties of massage as well encouraging bonding, which is why baby massage for nurseries and baby massage for nannies and maternity nurses is such a great idea.

Course contents

Frequently asked questions

Will I be qualified to teach parents to massage their babies after taking this course?

No, this course aims to teach you basic infant massage techniques to use with babies in your care with the consent of the parents. If you want to be able to teach individual or groups of parents you would need to qualify as an infant massage instructor.

How long will it take to complete?

This course takes around 4-5 hours to complete. You have up to 4 months to complete the course.

Is the course accredited?

The course is accredited and certified by To Baby and Beyond.

Who is the course suitable for?

Nursery staff, child minders, nannies, maternity nurses, residential unit carers, foster carers and anyone else working with young children.

How is the distance learning course assessed?

Each module has an assignment of a Q and A paper. There is are also practical video demonstrations which you can watch, practice, pause an replay to enhance your learning. You will also be asked to submit a short video demonstration of part of the massage routine. One of our experienced tutors will review this and email you feedback.
Meet the instructor

Julie Cleasby

Julie is a registered paediatric nurse, specialising in child health and development, a registered health visitor and Early Years first aider. She is an experienced infant massage, baby yoga and toddler yoga instructor and qualified trainer. She has extensive experience in writing and delivering courses in both the public (NHS) and private sectors. She is also a qualified clinical hypnotherapist, paediatric hypnotherapist EFT and NLP practitioner, life coach and hypnobirthing educator.

Julie has worked with women and their families for over 26 years. She has a wealth of experience with women in the antenatal and postnatal periods and a variety of teaching experience and expertise in child health issues and infant and child development .

Julie is also a mother of twins and understands the importance and impact of positive touch on bonding as she has seen it ‘first hand’.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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