Teen weekend job

spadoosh

Set up a quail farm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10497247/Meet-Tommy-Burner-the-15-year-old-with-a-poultry-farm.html

Get him to speak to local business re social media. Teens tend to be at the forefront of technology and sure he could offer some valuable services to some of the old timers in business.

Online businesses. Blogging, writing, buying and selling the list goes on here, probably the easiest to start but difficult to break through.

Speak to the elderly in your area and see if he could do shopping runs or other little chores (collecting prescriptions etc)

Growing and selling plants/vegetables (probably best sticking to the legal ones!).

I was labouring when i was 14 and still just below 30 so not too long ago (was actually on PAYE too!).

Gardening is a nice and easy one but instead of looking for work himself, get in touch with any local gardeners. Always keen for extra help especially if they can get away with paying less than NMW. More reliable work but probably less earning. Instead of asking if there looking to employ someone go along the lines of my son will work x amount of hours for £xx that way your cutting them off before they have to worry about employee rights (which your son will have fewer than most other employees)

peachyprice

My daughter helps out at a swimming school and her ballet school, both are assisting the main teacher by helping the younger children.

Perhaps there are swimming/sports clubs near you he could try? But try the small private ones rather than the LA run ones, you'll come up against the same problems as other places with the LA.

shannonhill

I don't know if you're into the online job sort of thing, but there are sites where he can write articles to earn money online. And you don't need stellar writing skills to be able to do it. Just Google it.

Also, you could simply reach out to bloggers in your space and ask for work. That works great too!

jackieblack

Tuesday_Tenor wrote: »

She has to be picked up by parents 9.30 p.m, as no evening public transport here.

Children shouldn't be working after 7pm
https://www.gov.uk/child-employment/restrictions-on-child-employment

GwylimT

moneypenny21 wrote: »

Some of my friends used to do Avon or similar (Betterware etc) signed up in their parents names before they were 16. Could that be an option?

Alikay - therein lies the problem with schools. They don't like creativity! My entreprenuerial friend aged 12 set up a sweet shop at the back of our classroom, buying sweets in the morning, taking orders (we didn't have a tuck shop) and making a profit. Everyone was happy, she got some money, we got the sweets. As soon as the teacher found out, her empire was closed down.....!

School aren't allowed to financially profit from their students, a pupil selling things for a profit on the school grounds can get the school in quite a lot of bother.

Tuesday_Tenor

jackieblack wrote: »

Children shouldn't be working after 7pm
https://www.gov.uk/child-employment/restrictions-on-child-employment

Thanks for that.
While I may be wrong about the exact time she finishes, she's definitely working after 7.00 p.m. Hmmmm!
I'll try to find out of the regulations are different here in Wales, but I doubt it, or it would be noted on the .gov website.

I've also read on that site about the possible need for a child employment permit (depends on local council rules) and that if the employer doesn't have one the child would not be covered by the employers insurance in the case of an accident. Something for parents to be aware of.

justme111

I doubt most parents can make sense of the purpose and usefulness of employer insurance so hopefully will not be concerned. It does sound like unnecessary red tape to me.

Robisere

At 14, and wanting to work, your son sounds like a lad who has an idea of the occupation he wants to have when he leaves education.

I have 4 grandchildren, aged 22, 19, 17 and 10. The 22 year old was computer-minded from the age of about 9. He worked very hard at college and achieved Networking qualifications before he left. While at college, every year from 14 to 17, he worked his summer break with a company that supplied and fitted media and computer networking systems in the college. He avoided University because he already had all the quaifications and knowledge to get the great job he has now. Are there any opportunities like that at your son's school? My gs says that working at college with no other pupils there, was great, no distractions and it introduced him to work and working with adults. The company he worked with, insured him and gave him a really good reference, which is something else to consider. Any work, voluntary or otherwise, is good for a leaver to show on a CV.

His 19 year old cousin was working to a catering qualification at another college, and working in their restaurant on certain evenings, they insured her as part of the course. She now works at a local restaurant as a qualified chef. Her 17 year old brother was taken on one day a week at a local engineering works: all he ever wanted to do was engineering. It was Work Experience from his own College. Now he is in Further Education at a Senior College for 3 days a week and working at the engineering job for the other 2 days. Dad drives him there in the morning on his way to work, I pick him up at night. One thing I noticed, even at 14 he was being treated as an equal by his adult workmates. (He is a very large lad and his voice has been broken since 13) that has allowed him to get used to work and working alongside adults.

The 22 year old's sister is 10 but may be the brightest of the lot, entering grammar school this September. Already she wants to find a part time job. It's the Work Ethic example, once they have it, it never leaves them.

If there is anything in any of that which may be useful, I hope the lad soon finds his job. Good luck to him, he is on the right path!

lovinituk

Tuesday_Tenor wrote: »

Thanks for that.
While I may be wrong about the exact time she finishes, she's definitely working after 7.00 p.m. Hmmmm!
I'll try to find out of the regulations are different here in Wales, but I doubt it, or it would be noted on the .gov website.

I've also read on that site about the possible need for a child employment permit (depends on local council rules) and that if the employer doesn't have one the child would not be covered by the employers insurance in the case of an accident. Something for parents to be aware of.

We employed a friends 13 year old daughter over a few school holidays and yes we had to apply for the work permit from the local council. We wouldn't allow her to start until the permit had been received.

I think the OPs son is a breath of fresh air (and other kids that want to work at this age). I started working at 14 in a shop at weekends and had regular jobs throughout my teenage years. Im guessing it made transitioning from education in to full time working much easier for me.

Golightly72

When my eldest was 14 she used to deliver leaflets for a local shop. There seem to be a lot of leaflets posted directly through the letterbox these days, might be worth asking around?