Help me be strong-I cant cope

miamoo

Hiya OP I haven't read the whole thing so sorry if I'm repeating something already said, the thing that jumps out at me is you said he is mentally abusive, and he has said your finished but he is still living with you and making no attempt to move out.
The fact that during this time he is calling you names to your child I would say he is still mentally abusing you, and has no intention of moving out.
(this is just from past experience) its to make you feel bad about yourself.
Have you considered this option?
Hope you are doing ok xx

Counting_Pennies_2

Lisa,

A basic CV would hold the following items:

Name
Address
Contact Number

All the above centred looks nice

Education
Dates at and Name of School/College (from secondary onwards)
Subjects and results

Employment
Dates at and Name of Employer

A paragraph of what the job entailed. Sometimes comes across well in bullet points, such as:

• Typing
• Answering the telephone
• Responsible for petty cash

I wouldn't list personal details down. Such as marital status, children etc. The employer basically wants to know you are available for work.
If term time, school hours are the only option then I would suggest putting:

Availability to work : school hours

If the education and employment section isn't too big, don't worry a few tweeks with the size of your font and keeping it to one page will help the prospective employer view it clearly.

The key point it to keep it clear, the average person spends just seconds looking at a cv. So maybe make the main headings bold and a little larger in text, the names of establishments underlined and the rest of the typing in normal font.

hth

Counting_Pennies_2

PS in terms of jobs I think you might find the supermarkets are your best bet for immediate employment, they are very used to mothers working hours and may find they are set up for this better for your flexibility.

In terms of preschools when you are settled and have some form of employment, you will have time to train. Alternatively one route in might be approaching the school in a few months when your little one has settled in and ask if they have any work within the school, such as lunch time controller, classroom assistant etc.

pammyj74

Dont give up on the job front, there are quite a few people in the same boat looking for school hours and so your best option is to get a good CV written up. Search online for a cv helpful hints sites and use words in your personal description such as hard-working, team-player, efficient etc. Due to your age I imagine you dont have many previous jobs, I tend to put on mine that I left a previous job to start my family and am now ready to work again due to my child starting school.

Good luck hun x