I need to work 8pm-2am - any ideas?

donnaessex

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your concern but theres not much choice in our house at the moment. We need to just get through one more year and we will be on our feet again. I havent been off of google this morning researching childminding as a profession.

We have a very strong marriage and well behaved good children. I think my children suffer more through me leaving them all day every day for a stressful job and then coming home and trying to give them "mum" time when they are tired and tetchy.

inmypocketnottheirs

donnaessex wrote: »

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your concern but theres not much choice in our house at the moment. We need to just get through one more year and we will be on our feet again. I havent been off of google this morning researching childminding as a profession.

We have a very strong marriage and well behaved good children. I think my children suffer more through me leaving them all day every day for a stressful job and then coming home and trying to give them "mum" time when they are tired and tetchy.

It worked for us on the same basis.

My wife is in her 9th year of childminding.

It has paid for 2 holidays to the US, 2 to Cuba and bought us an E Class Merc.

Plus you are at home with your own kids.

One word of advice that has served us well over the years is to only take children younger than our own.

mishkanorman

a good friend of mine looked into childminding but was put off by the scary guidelines and multiple CRB checks she would have to have done on her family. She also had to have work done on her property to bring it up to their standards (new patio and back step IIRC) and we have 3 VERY good nurserys in our area that she couldnt compete with on prices.

sweetilemon

Oops, read the post wrong thought it was 8am - 2pm. Still an idea though! What about working in the childrens school? A catering supervisor has those exact hours with all school holidays off or councils are often looking for kitchen staff to cover the lunch time service 10 -1.30 ish. Either that or a classroom assistant could be the other option in a school. Goodluck anyway!

DCFC79

donnaessex wrote: »

I've been trying to think about which shops would offer night shifts. I worked in retail many years ago doing the night shift at Superdrug and loved it! But they dont do it anymore apparently - I called them on Friday.

well the following have night shifts(but depends on whether theres any close by and whether they have any vacancies)

tesco
morrisons
sainsburys
asda

PasturesNew

Years ago I used to work in a sort of nightclub (not like they are now.... you actually got chairs/tables back then and it was civilised). I used to take the coats and clear glasses.

Oldernotwiser

donnaessex wrote: »

My husband gets in at 6.45pm, we bathe the children, put them to bed and eat dinner and the plan is for me to leave at 7.45pm ish to go to work?

Whats to understand? He would be caring for the kids but they will be asleep?

So you could work evenings/nights, which is what I said. You also don't actually have to keep to this routine, many people in your situation pass on the doorstep, enabling you to start work at 1900/1930. which might be suitable for bar work.

To answer a couple of other comments, I didn't mean ALL night, I just meant a bit later than could be described as evenings!

Re childmainding - would you get enough income from just one other child as you will also be looking after two of your own?

donnaessex

DCFC79 wrote: »

well the following have night shifts(but depends on whether theres any close by and whether they have any vacancies)

tesco
morrisons
sainsburys
asda

Hi DCF I have all of these locally and have applied to Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsburys last weekend. Asda didnt have any vacancies but I hope to apply in October when their seasonabl shifts come out if I havent got anything by then.

I'm worried that they will look at my application and throw it out though as I have had quite well paid, high profile office-based positions in my last 12 years of working. I did note on the applications that I have several years of retail experience but it was all over a decade ago!

donnaessex

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

So you could work evenings/nights, which is what I said. You also don't actually have to keep to this routine, many people in your situation pass on the doorstep, enabling you to start work at 1900/1930. which might be suitable for bar work.

To answer a couple of other comments, I didn't mean ALL night, I just meant a bit later than could be described as evenings!

Re childmainding - would you get enough income from just one other child as you will also be looking after two of your own?

Hi ONW. I could do that and I would do that if there was no other options coming my way in 6 weeks or so. I desperately need to leave my full time job soon as exclusive nursery fees will cripple us come September. The ideal though would be for me to be able to see my husband for an hour a night though so thats what I'm aiming for at the moment.

Re childminding - if I got a single full time placement then yes, I would actually be earning more than working full time in an office if you take off the nursery fees I will be paying. However, after doing a bit of research I see the after school childminding seems to be very popular in my area so if I could also get 1 or 2 after schoolers I would be set.

donnaessex

sweetilemon wrote: »

Oops, read the post wrong thought it was 8am - 2pm. Still an idea though! What about working in the childrens school? A catering supervisor has those exact hours with all school holidays off or councils are often looking for kitchen staff to cover the lunch time service 10 -1.30 ish. Either that or a classroom assistant could be the other option in a school. Goodluck anyway!

Hi Sweetielimon. I couldnt work those hours as my children are only 1 and 2 - I still wouldnt have any care for them.