Jobs that fit around kids

TBagpuss

essex_1988 said:

Thank you for all the replies, I'm finding it's hard to find childcare that works around the hours that jobs want me to work...my partner does night shift and during the day he has to sleep because of the job he does, we have no family near by that can help. I don't mind putting baby in nursery but it's finding a job that pays enough for the £50+ fees per day that will make it worth while 

It depends a bit on how you define worth while - even earning only a small amount over the costs incurred may be worth while if it allows you to build up experience and be in a stronger position to progress to better paid work.

Is there a perid where your partner is up ? e.g. if he sleeps from 8 a.m. to 3, might you be able to look for something which was 3.30-6 or even 2-6 looking for a childminder for a couple of hours, rather than a nursery for the full day? 

billy2shots

My wife who has a Labour and Economics Degree chose a new direction before her first choice of career even started. 
This was solely to work around our new family. 

She started working in a nursery that our then 3/4 year old attended and due to this, our 2 year old was given a place there. 

My wife continued there when the eldest moved to full time school and once our youngest left nursery my wife also moved on to Teaching Assistant at a separate primary school. 

She did her TA training in the evening whilst still at the nursery so was ready to move as soon as the kids grew. 

Fast forward 8 years and she has never looked back. This was done in a second language and no GCSEs which she has subsequently done over the course of a few years in the evening. 

Sure the money is not great compared to other careers but

- every weekends off

- every bank holiday off

- all school holidays off

- most teacher training days match up with our kids school
- excellent pension scheme

I own and run a care home. Have about 1 weeks holiday a year, work most bank holidays and can work late (8pm/10pm) with no notice fairly often. 

Due to my situation, my wife's position could not be better for us.