Calling all antenatal educators & doulas!

[ByJove]

Have any of you trained with Childbirth International? I'm thinking about signing up for a course with them and would like any advice / reviews/opinions from those in the know.

Thanks!

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Good question!

The answer would have to be that I'm not sure. I've got no intention of teaching outside the NCT so it's not something I've thought about (in the sense that I've got no intention of running private classes - I'll hopefully be involved in teaching within the NHS some time in the next few months, but that will be done through the NCT).

Personally I won't teach privately because the NCT shelled out a lot of money training me, I'm paid a good hourly rate, I get the freedom to teach how, where and what I want, and I'd feel bad about making shedloads of money using the charity's name as a way of attracting clients (a lot of NCT teachers working privately do this - they often make a point of saying that they're NCT diploma qualified on their marketing material).

My classes turn a good 'profit' at the moment and it's nice for me knowing that hundreds of pounds for each course I teach are going to fund NCT projects (ok - I'm not a saint, sometimes I fantasise about what I could do with a full set of course fees....... but usually I manage not to think about it too much!)

it would be the NCT class that you teach as this assesed class is what allows you to have your licence to practice.

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yes you have both a qualification and a license to practice, i think you have to teach for the NCT for 3 years then you are free to go your own way you will always have your dhe in antenatal education just not a nct licence to practice, but im sure its only 30 hours of teaching a year you have to do to remain a nct teacher so you could do 2 course a year just to keep your license.

there are many nct trained people out there doing there own thing just google antenatal classes

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pruners- r u in scotland??

if you are google

babygurus

babybond

Sorry Pruners - I misunderstood what you meant. I thought you were talking about whether you could continue to be able to maintain your NCT registration after you'd qualified if you were only teaching private classes.

As ihateironing has pointed out - you have to teach NCT classes in order to get your licence to practice.

However - I got the impression that once you'd got your licence to practice you were free to 'go your own way' straight away! As far as I'm concerned the only thing to stop me setting up my own private classes locally now would be my conscience (don't want to take money out of the pocket of the NCT) and my lack of marketing skills.

RE Babybond..... didn't they go bust recently? Or was it someone else? I seem to remember a couple turning up on one of my courses who'd lost several hundred pounds paying for one of their courses that was cancelled - they didn't get their money back.

havent heard about babybond, i know they have a stand at the baby show this year but they also are linked with 3d scans so they may be promoting that

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A mumsnetter lost about £300 last year with babybond.

thats not so good Sue W.