Thinking of taking unpaid leave as I am anxious of returning to work at school

theoretica

paul2louise said:

 If I knew how it was going to work it wouldn't be so bad. 

It seems reasonable to ask your supervisor when they are going to tell you this - I would expect it to be a few days before term starts. 

paul2louise

onwards&upwards said:

paul2louise said:

As people here think I need to quit then I will leave it then there is no point discussing it anymore. Thanks 

The thing is, you have a job you don't want to go to and are looking for ways to not go in but still keep the job there for when you decide you do want it.  

That's not really fair on the people who rely on that job being done, so do it or leave it are really the only options. 

I want the job to be safe and to be in control of the children I am looking after. I loved the job before this happened so its not something i take lightly. I stuck with it when it was difficult and kept going to the end of term. So I have this "hope" that it might settle. But I don't want to make myself bad. So I will quit if that's the only solution. Ok. Discussion over. 

paul2louise

theoretica said:

paul2louise said:

 If I knew how it was going to work it wouldn't be so bad. 

It seems reasonable to ask your supervisor when they are going to tell you this - I would expect it to be a few days before term starts. 

Maybe then I will be able to see how it will work. I assume the parents will get an email too. A lot of my friends are worried about their children going back. Especially as they haven't been in school since march 

warby68

Its  reasonable to ask - what will my duties and responsibilities be? It probably isn't reasonable to ask for special treatment for yourself which is what you would be doing by letting everyone else do the settling in period and then you decide if you fancy it. 
There are still 3-4 weeks to go though - perhaps the final plan will only appear quite late as there seems to be awful lot up in the air with regard to what schools will be doing in September.
I'd hang in there a while longer but ask your supervisor very specific questions such as when will we receive guidance and how or by who will it be delivered. It is possible that the supervisor is a little overwhelmed with their load of extra responsibility and just batting questions away rather than being more focussed. Put it in writing (email), cc head teacher, governers if you feel it appropriate on the grounds of not being sure where the communication will come from.
All that said, for £50 a week that you say you can manage without, I'm not sure its worth the stress to yourself. If the school finds it hard to staff these positions you could quite easily leave and go back some time later and achieve your goal that way. A gamble but most places like to take people on who already know the ropes.

JamoLew

You have already decided in your mind that you don't want to work/for it to work
In fact that was suggested on Page 1 
Nothing anyone has said is going to change your mind so I suggest for your own sanity you either go back as scheduled or hand in you resignation tomorrow -- there isn't really any middle ground in you head
Stop thinking about/asking about hypothetical scenarios that no one knows the answer to

gettingtheresometime

I know you're on holiday but why not make a list of problems that you foresee & then against each problem think of a solution? 

That way, you may think of a problem that hasn't been thought of & similarly think of a solution that hasn't either.

perhaps by going this, it will help you think rationally of the situation & indicate to others your potential either now or in the future

paul2louise

warby68 said:

Its  reasonable to ask - what will my duties and responsibilities be? It probably isn't reasonable to ask for special treatment for yourself which is what you would be doing by letting everyone else do the settling in period and then you decide if you fancy it. 
There are still 3-4 weeks to go though - perhaps the final plan will only appear quite late as there seems to be awful lot up in the air with regard to what schools will be doing in September.
I'd hang in there a while longer but ask your supervisor very specific questions such as when will we receive guidance and how or by who will it be delivered. It is possible that the supervisor is a little overwhelmed with their load of extra responsibility and just batting questions away rather than being more focussed. Put it in writing (email), cc head teacher, governers if you feel it appropriate on the grounds of not being sure where the communication will come from.
All that said, for £50 a week that you say you can manage without, I'm not sure its worth the stress to yourself. If the school finds it hard to staff these positions you could quite easily leave and go back some time later and achieve your goal that way. A gamble but most places like to take people on who already know the ropes.

thank you, i think that makes it clearer. Its just over 3 weeks. I will leave it until the week before before I contact them. I emailed the head before June opening and the office lady just fobbed me off with a lot of waffle which ended up being totally different to what actually happened. My supervisor will hopefully contact us all on messenger soon to check on us. She probably wont know what will happen but i can see. thanks

paul2louise

gettingtheresometime said:

I know you're on holiday but why not make a list of problems that you foresee & then against each problem think of a solution? 

That way, you may think of a problem that hasn't been thought of & similarly think of a solution that hasn't either.

perhaps by going this, it will help you think rationally of the situation & indicate to others your potential either now or in the future

thats good idea, thats what my councillor is getting me to do about the whole covid situation. I write down my worries and try and think of solutions. I will do that. Then i can say these are the things that are worrying me when i speak to my supervisor. See what she can do to reassure me. 👍

Thrugelmir

paul2louise said:

warby68 said:

Its  reasonable to ask - what will my duties and responsibilities be? It probably isn't reasonable to ask for special treatment for yourself which is what you would be doing by letting everyone else do the settling in period and then you decide if you fancy it. 
There are still 3-4 weeks to go though - perhaps the final plan will only appear quite late as there seems to be awful lot up in the air with regard to what schools will be doing in September.
I'd hang in there a while longer but ask your supervisor very specific questions such as when will we receive guidance and how or by who will it be delivered. It is possible that the supervisor is a little overwhelmed with their load of extra responsibility and just batting questions away rather than being more focussed. Put it in writing (email), cc head teacher, governers if you feel it appropriate on the grounds of not being sure where the communication will come from.
All that said, for £50 a week that you say you can manage without, I'm not sure its worth the stress to yourself. If the school finds it hard to staff these positions you could quite easily leave and go back some time later and achieve your goal that way. A gamble but most places like to take people on who already know the ropes.

thank you, i think that makes it clearer. Its just over 3 weeks. I will leave it until the week before before I contact them. I emailed the head before June opening and the office lady just fobbed me off with a lot of waffle which ended up being totally different to what actually happened. My supervisor will hopefully contact us all on messenger soon to check on us. She probably wont know what will happen but i can see. thanks

More often or not. Life has a habit of dictating events. Plans are the outset are just plans. That will need to be tailored accordingly. 

Dr_Crypto

I’m not sure what you would consider a good outcome. You clearly liked the job but may not like it so much going forward. I’m personally not sure that your job will be that different as I don’t see how a school can operate much differently from before. The stuff from Scotland seems to suggest that the adults should keep apart from each other but not the children. There will be no social distancing for children.
All you can do is ask your supervisor what your job will be like. They may not know yet as I suspect schools are still finalising plans for next month but you should know by the end of the month. If you don’t like what they come back with then maybe quit at that juncture? If you’re so anxious about this job and the money isn’t great then maybe quit but you’re unlikely to find a replacement job at this time.