Becoming a
CAPEA Certified Educator recognises a level of competence,
expertise and experience as a childbirth and early parenting educator.
Becoming a CAPEA Trainer recognises leadership and training roles as well as
competency in the area of childbirth and early parenting education.
Benefits to CAPEA members:
- Enhance
personal CV and record of professional development
- Public listing
of name and workplace/business & location on the CAPEA website (similar to publicly accessible listing of your name and workplace on the AHPRA or LCANZ website), is preferred (but optional) on the CAPEA website, enabling:
- Prospective consumers to check the competency
of intended provider/s of birth and parenting education service, that
indirectly may promote business opportunities
- Networking for further training and
leadership opportunities
- Recognition
of achievement at biennial National CAPEA Conference
- May provide
further reductions to registration fees for CAPEA workshops and seminars
Benefits to CAPEA:
- Raises the profile of the national
organisation to members, providers and receivers of childbirth and early
parenting education
Benefits to consumers of childbirth and early
parenting education:
- Prospective
consumers can check the competency of any intended provider of birth and
parenting education service
- Assurance
that the competency of CAPEA Certified Educators and Trainers is measured
against rigorous National Competency Standards 2018 in the absence of any other national
regulatory system
What CAPEA Certification CANNOT do:
- Provide
certification or registration that is recognised in any legal sense in
Australia (eg: AHPRA or AQF )
- Provide an
internationally recognized qualification
- Provide
indemnity insurance for CAPEA members or consumers of childbirth and early
parenting courses
Certification is assessed by at least 2 members of the CAPEA Further Education Committee. Confidentiality relating to documents being
assessed is assured.
The preferred & fastest
method is to send an electronic application via email, however you may contact
us to make alternative arrangements.
Assessment may take up to 2
months due to the voluntary roles of CAPEA committee members and other
life/work commitments of the assessors. Notification
will be by phone/email initially, and a certificate will be forwarded by email/mail.
Your application for CAPEA Certified Educator or Trainer must
include:
Forward your application to the Chairperson, CAPEA Further Education
Committee, via email: certification@capea.org.au
1. CAPEA CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
To qualify as a CAPEA Certified Educator, you must supply the following evidence that indicates competence as a Childbirth and Early Parenting Educator:
1. A. CAPEA
membership
1. B. Provide
evidence of attendance at/ or completion of any courses relevant to Childbirth
and/or Parenting Education and group facilitation, minimum requirement being 20
hours. Please
provide attendance record or transcript of the course content, identifying:
- When the course was completed
- How many hours were completed
- Who conducted the course
- Course outline
- Assessment process
Examples include: Certificate IV in Training and Education; Bachelor/Master
of Adult Education; Parenting Educators’ Course, John Hunter Hospital; Calmbirth;
Hypnobirthing; Positive Parenting Program; Bringing Baby Home trainers course;
Circle of Security trainers course; Australian Breastfeeding Association Group
Facilitation course; NCT (UK) Antenatal teaching Degree or Diploma; Lamaze
Certified (USA) Childbirth Educator.
1. C. Provide
evidence of Competency as described
in the National Competency Standards 2019
Examples include: completed CAPEA Parenting Educators’ AssessmentTool by self and/or peer assessment with peer review; evidence of
workplace Performance Assessment; client evaluation results
1. D. Provide
evidence of recency of practice,
being a minimum of 30 hours of facilitation of courses related to Childbirth
and/or Early Parenting over the past 4 years
Examples include: Workplace diary or website page indicating
dates and hours of education conducted by applicant; facilitating courses to
expectant and/or new parents; facilitating courses to new and/or experienced childbirth
& parenting educators.
1. E. Provide
evidence of professional development
relating to facilitating Childbirth and/or early Parenting Education courses,
the minimum being 20 hours over the past 4 years
Examples of evidence include: certificate
of attendance or completion of professional development activities identifying:
- name of seminar/s, workshop/s, conference/s, webinar/s,
online learning package/s, journal article reflections
- provider of the course
- dates completed
- hours completed
CAPEA Certification as Educator is awarded for 4 years.
2. CAPEA
CERTIFIED TRAINER
To qualify as a CAPEA Certified Trainer,
you must supply the following evidence that indicates competence as a
Childbirth and Early Parenting Educator AND functioning in a leadership role
enhancing the professional development of childbirth and early parenting
educators and/or the integrity of CAPEA.
2. A. Meet all the criteria to be a CAPEA Certified
Educator or is currently a CAPEA Certified Educator.
2. B. Provide
evidence of completion of, or currently undertaking, a Certificate or
postgraduate studies in Childbirth/ Parenting Education and/or Adult Education.
Examples
include: Certificate
IV in Training and Education; Bachelor/Master of Adult Education; Birth
International Childbirth Educators’ Diploma; John Hunter Hospital Parenting
Educators’ Course (150 hours); NCT (UK) Antenatal teaching Degree or Diploma; Lamaze
Certified (USA) Childbirth Educator Trainer, or other
relevant qualification.
2. C. Provide evidence of functioning in a training
role, that is, facilitation of at least 40 hours
training and/or formal mentoring to prospective, new and experienced childbirth
& parenting educators over a period of the past 4 years, identifying:
- name of course/ program
- when the course/ program was completed
- how many hours were completed
- who conducted the course/ program
- course outline
- number of new and experienced educators who completed the course/
program
Examples of evidence include: fliers for course, lesson plans,
course objectives, course outline; documented mentoring program, records of
mentoring session/s; development/ review of training program/s.
2. D. Provide evidence of a leadership role by meeting
at least 4 of the following 7 criteria:
I. development of
resources:
for peers and/or clients of childbirth & early parenting programs
II. contribute to
peer development: at team meetings; in-services; seminars; workshops; conferences;
co-facilitation/mentoring new educators
III. work as a
consultant/adviser/supervisor/mentor to other educators
IV. active contribution
to CAPEA:
proof of attending or contributing to Branch or National meetings, seminars,
workshops and/or Conferences, website and/or social media
V. participate in
the CAPEA Further Education Committee that considers guidelines for
competency of educators, endorsement of training programs and educational events and products, and
review of same
VI. contribute to
the CAPEA journal Interaction and/or other
relevant professional journals
VII. co-ordinate or contribute to research/quality improvement
into childbirth/parenting education at local, state or national level.
2. E. Provide
names of two referees (including workplace, role, contact email and phone number,
relationship with applicant) who will be contacted by CAPEA assessors to attest
to the validity of the applicant’s claims.
CAPEA Certification as a Trainer is awarded for 4 years.
Guidelines for CAPEA Certification as an Educator and/or Trainer as a pdf