Teaching Assistant?

Fliss_M

DH has been looking for 7 months now (gawd nearly 8!:eek:) And while theres lots of £6, £6.15 jobs we really need £7 as we have a DD who would need full time nursery at £615. Factor in a mortgage, loans and credit cards he needs £15,000 pa to keep our heads above water and a cushion for interest rates rising. We have mortagge protection but thats only got 5-4 months left to run (I can feel the panic!)

So we attack all applicable jobs with gusto, anything that pays enough and is full time permant which includes the TA job. Now while he has no school experiance he has lots of life experiance of young children, plus hes a minority as a man am hoping for an interview. Its Full time perm at 16k BUT am starting to panic as it doesnt detail what happens in non term time. Just Full Time Perm. Not term time perm or somthing like that. ANybody got any clues? As if its what I think it is, its 16k pro rata (so 39 weeks pay at 16k divided into 12 monthly payments) which is actually 12k! Theres no one to look after dd, its got to be nursery. (and her nursery is as cheap as a childminder)

After that lond winded bit, anyone got any clues? Its with Derbyshire County Council at a CofE nursery & infant school if that helps

sheilavw

Hi you get 12 equal payments. There is often areas to earn more. Im at high school and we can do lunch time duties which is about £15 an hour during your lunch time, some TAs do breakfast clubs, lunch time welfare or after school clubs etc

elsietanner71

Hi

Have you checked out what you may be able to claim in tax credits?

Try putting your partner's potential earnings into the calculator and see what the different outcomes are:

http://taxcredits.hmrc.gov.uk/Qualify/DIQHousehold.aspx

In the meantime, some voluntary work may help as you may find without school experience they will only offer the lower payscale anyway.

Good luck

Els x

Fliss_M

I see. Well if they say he can boost his income during term time thats should be ok (dependant on nursery retention fees)

Thanks els, Ive had a look and at full cost nursery its £38 per week. Certainly not a stab in the eye lol. Well thats certainly more reasuring. She doesnt turn 3 till next feb, so the term after that for her free nursery (thats if it doesnt disapear in the mean time! )

Fliss_M

unfortunatly JCP dont like volenteer work. They view it as not being available for work and stop your claim, doesnt matter that you'd quit that if it meant a job. (unless someone can tell me different :-D) Oh, that and he's looking after DD during the day seen as he's at home.

kingfisherblue

My daughter had a very different experience of JCP and volunteering. She was told that it is fine, providing you are willing to give it up (with one week notice) if you get a job.

As it happens, she now works for an agency and is able to fit her hours around her voluntary work.

pandora205

How about volunteering with beavers/rainbow/cubs/brownies/scouts/guides or other evening activities?

Fliss_M

Thats certainly an idea. Long as it starts after 6 for me to get home. (I work 20 miles from home) I will talk to him about it. I suspect he would be nervous going in to ask but he'll just have to swallow it

kingfisherblue

Instead of going in to ask, you can apply online to be a volunteer. Somebody will then ring to invite your husband along.

www.girlguiding.org.uk

www.scouts.org.uk

Men can be unit helpers in Guiding, but not leaders. In Scouting, they can be unit helpers or leaders. The organisations will sort out the enhanced CRB check that is needed and all training is free.

Guiding is just for girls, but Scouting is for girls and boys (although many units still only have boys, but they cannot refuse to take in girls).

The websites have information on each age group, so it is just a case of choosing which organisation and which age group, if your DH decides to volunteer.

owlet

Fliss_M wrote: »

As if its what I think it is, its 16k pro rata (so 39 weeks pay at 16k divided into 12 monthly payments) which is actually 12k!

Hi Fliss,

You are almost right. You have to pro rata the hours a week you work as well as the number of weeks a year. Very few contracts are over 52 weeks these days. It will depend on your contract, which will in turn depend on the county and the school!! Most contracts in my county these days, work along the lines of 33 (ish) hrs a week over 44 (ish) weeks a year and then divide by 12 for equal monthly installments of pay. The take home pay is not great but the job is very rewarding.

In my school, there is no way for a TA to earn extra. It really does vary so much from county to county and school to school.

If your DH has no formal experience, I would strongly recommend approaching the school to do voluntary work for a few months and then maybe move onto doing supply cover in schools (paid).

Fliss_M

Oh good lord thats worse then I thought!

Ultimatly this isnt his choosen career. so to work free now to get a job later that doesnt pay enough isnt that appealing. I think he would be amazing at it but he wants to be a police officer (which could take a LONG time). And unfortunatly if theres no way to earn more I doubt he could take it. We need to cover the bills. Sigh, damb these debts!

Thanks Owlet, thats just what I needed :-D