what department do i go to?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

now that my son is 14 he can now legally work a few hours for me on the books. but i understand i or he needs some sort of work permit from the council for him to work... i think the school has to be nformed too.

i have phoned our local council up, and they have heard about this permit thing, but no one knows which department or where i can get one

can anyone help me please on where i get all the info, and where i go for the permit..

and am i right that the age is 14?

would really appreciate any help thanks

leebarton

All council's are different. Where we are it is meant to be the school that they go to that holds the forms. Try speaking to reception at school and see if they know anything. He can work for you from 13 onwards, but is limited to the hours. I think it is no more than 2 hours on a school day and sunday, but up to 5 hours on a Saturday.

If the school is not able to help try writing a letter to the educational services department at the local council informing them of the fact that your son is working for you and that you would like a permit but have been unable to find the right department and to pass the letter on if they are not the right people. Keep a copy of the letter so you can show that you have tried to gain the permit.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

leebarton wrote: »

All council's are different. Where we are it is meant to be the school that they go to that holds the forms. Try speaking to reception at school and see if they know anything. He can work for you from 13 onwards, but is limited to the hours. I think it is no more than 2 hours on a school day and sunday, but up to 5 hours on a Saturday.

If the school is not able to help try writing a letter to the educational services department at the local council informing them of the fact that your son is working for you and that you would like a permit but have been unable to find the right department and to pass the letter on if they are not the right people. Keep a copy of the letter so you can show that you have tried to gain the permit.

thank you. contacted the school yesturday, and it is the school that does everything.. they are sending me forms out...etc and it is up to them to decide if my sons are allowed to work or not..

which to be honest with my youngest son might be a problem.. as he hates school got a very low concentration span so doesnt do that well in school, but he absolutely loves doing manual things.. helping hubby with the cars... he spends hours with his model trains... building the layout and doing the wiring serciut boards etc...so i am just hoping that they are going to allow him to do some paid work... as in my opinion he has learned more with hands on, as he injoys it..

Savvy_Sue

CTC, it might be worth making a deal with your son, that you will employ him AS LONG AS his school work doesn't get any worse and stays on track to get 5 GCSEs at grade C or above including Maths and English Language. Unless you've been able to persuade the school that a more practical approach would suit him better and he's able to do something equivalent.

If the school know that you're keen to keep him on track there it might be easier to persuade them to allow the permit, if they're minded not to grant it.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

CTC, it might be worth making a deal with your son, that you will employ him AS LONG AS his school work doesn't get any worse and stays on track to get 5 GCSEs at grade C or above including Maths and English Language. Unless you've been able to persuade the school that a more practical approach would suit him better and he's able to do something equivalent.

If the school know that you're keen to keep him on track there it might be easier to persuade them to allow the permit, if they're minded not to grant it.

thanks sue.. he is 13 in feb so will see when i ask for the permit..i feel he learns more with hands on rather than siting in a classroom some times...

Savvy_Sue

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

thanks sue.. he is 13 in feb so will see when i ask for the permit..i feel he learns more with hands on rather than siting in a classroom some times...

Many children are, I feel ...

I remember when my mum was a Guider, she had one lass who would probably now be described as having Learning Difficulties - definitely a bit slow to pick things up, understand instructions etc. However, put a pile of change in her hand and ask her to say how much was there, or work out how much change from £1 if I spend 37p, and she had the answer in a flash - far faster than many of the others. Simply because her parents ran a market stall, and she'd been helping out!

Maybe you can help him by finding practical applications for things? Or get him helping to work things out, like how much profit you're making on a given item? It's more useful to know how to calculate VAT than the square root of pi, for most of us. :rotfl: