Younique Postnatal
Location: Various across the UK
Course Type: Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: Face to Face £665 and Virtual £565
Website: www.youniquepostnatal.co.uk/
Phone: 07802 976432
Email: info@youniquepostnatal.co.uk
Contact Name: Victoria Greenly and Sarah Tessier
Details:
- 5 day face to face courses offered in London and West Sussex, facilitated by two experienced postnatal doulas in small groups
- A virtual course offered with self-directed study via an online course and 12 Zoom sessions over 12 weeks
- Self-directed work before and after the course to include reflection, reading and research
- Time to debrief and explore your own birth, postnatal and infant feeding experiences in a safe environment
- Lively and interactive learning, with visual aids, group work, hands on experience and practice exercises
- In depth exploration of the postnatal doula role, the postnatal period and how best to support new parents; a wide and comprehensive range of topics and perspectives on the postnatal period
- Evidence based information on current guidelines and areas of research in postnatal care
- Supporting infant feeding as a postnatal doula hosted by a qualified Breastfeeding Counsellor
- Establishing your business: exploration of ideas to create a sustainable career and find work through visibility raising and confidence building
- Exploration of your own unique qualities that can be brought to your practice and how to find balance in your role
- Culturally sensitive and inclusion aware
- Support and information on starting your doula journey, joining Doula UK, support services for doulas and the Doula UK Mentoring Process
- Extensive manual supplied covering all course topics and up-to-date resource links, which you can add to and develop
- Certificate of Completion
- One to One debriefs and consolidation sessions with course facilitator
- Opportunities for extra support from one of the course facilitators or other experienced PN doulas called Guiding Hands
- YP Doulaescence Mentoring scheme with experienced postnatal doulas
- Private Facebook groups – a safe place to get support from other postnatal doulas and trainee postnatal doulas with opportunities for further Coaching sessions, social meetups and events
- Additional courses and workshops offered to develop your postnatal doula skills including: Postnatal Planning, Development, Understanding Newborns, Understanding Reflux, Sensational Solids, Intuitive Breast and Body Feeding, Check In and Multiples Workshops; further workshops/courses in development
- Payment plans available
- Offers up to two full scholarships a year on the virtual course and 2 half price places on each course.
Scholarship Criteria for Younique Postnatal
Eligibility:
∙ Be from the black African or Caribbean community
∙ Be a refugee/asylum seeker and able to communicate on Zoom with the help of a translator if necessary
∙ Be from the LGBTQIA+ community
∙ Be differently abled – something that presents challenges but will help you support your community postnatally in a deeper way
∙ Be a refugee/asylum seeker and able to communicate on Zoom with the help of a translator if necessary
∙ Have low/no income or be financially challenged eg a single parent with little support
∙ Have had your income adversely affected by Covid
∙ Live in an area of deprivation in the UK
∙ Be under 25
∙ Be over 60 and financially compromised
Application:
Please write a piece about yourself – how you fit into one of the above groups, why you would really like this scholarship and how you will use your new skills as a postnatal doula, particularly to uplift your community.