IA's Debt/Life/Little bit of Everything Diary...

barnaby-bear

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Have found my dream job.... debt counseller for the CCCS... Shame it's in Leeds... I've had to sadly decline the kind offer from snaggles to move into their folding camper... :rotfl:

I have, however, just filled in the online form to become a CAB volunteer so fingers crossed! Little steps and all that...

You can do certificates and degrees in this stuff.... (you'll like this one) :rotfl:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01DB123
and there are lots of ways to get mathsy qualifications to get a foot in the door f the financial services industry...
http://mathschoices.open.ac.uk/

And may well be free.... http://www3.open.ac.uk/coursefinance/

Snaggles

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Have found my dream job.... debt counseller for the CCCS... Shame it's in Leeds... I've had to sadly decline the kind offer from snaggles to move into their folding camper... :rotfl:

Just because it doesn't have heating....and, uh......a toilet.....

Some people are just picky...;)

barnaby-bear

Snaggles wrote: »

Just because it doesn't have heating....and, uh......a toilet.....

Some people are just picky...;)

A sink? When I was a student it was always said a room with a basin was as good as an en-suite....

immoral_angeluk

barnaby-bear wrote: »

You can do certificates and degrees in this stuff.... (you'll like this one) :rotfl:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01DB123
and there are lots of ways to get mathsy qualifications to get a foot in the door f the financial services industry...
http://mathschoices.open.ac.uk/

And may well be free.... http://www3.open.ac.uk/coursefinance/

Where it says annual income would that include tax credits/child benefit?

barnaby-bear

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Where it says annual income would that include tax credits/child benefit?

I don't know, I'd be surprised if you weren't eligible; but if I was a customer at the CAB.... I could ask you to find out on my behalf....
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/about/p6_2.shtml
(they have a phone line and an email address )

immoral_angeluk

For students resident in England or Northern Ireland.

From the information you have provided it appears that you could be eligible for the maximum award which would be:

• Your fees paid up to a value of £765 for courses totalling 30 points or more but less than 90 credit points
• A course grant of £250 to help with study expenses.

oooh.. and that was with me adding the tax credits and child benefit.... :think: and ssssshh about the spreadsheet! :eek:

barnaby-bear

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

oooh.. and that was with me adding the tax credits and child benefit.... :think: and ssssshh about the spreadsheet! :eek:

Nice thing about the OU is they have examples:
http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/tasters/db123/
and you don't have to make any big commitment, or even have to build up enough credits for a qualification because even one of two courses does the "continual professional development" box ticking that a lot of employers look for... as does something like CAB experience... so if applying for something like a CCCS job could be relevent qualification.... if hanging around with a bunch of debtors is your ideal job :rolleyes:

immoral_angeluk

barnaby-bear wrote: »

Nice thing about the OU is they have examples:
http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/tasters/db123/
and you don't have to make any big commitment, or even have to build up enough credits for a qualification because even one of two courses does the "continual professional development" box ticking that a lot of employers look for... as does something like CAB experience... so if applying for something like a CCCS job could be relevent qualification.... if hanging around with a bunch of debtors is your ideal job :rolleyes:

well it beats remembering catalogue numbers off by heart even when you don't need to!

barnaby-bear

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

well it beats remembering catalogue numbers off by heart even when you don't need to!

This is a degreee level qualification for churning out similar to your postings...
(probably slightly more structured and concise and with less pictures of semi-clad men)

"Economic models in the family"
http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/tasters/db123/objects/d2600.pdf
*snigger*

Snaggles

barnaby-bear wrote: »

.... if hanging around with a bunch of debtors is your ideal job :rolleyes:

Lol, she does that anyway......but it would be great to get paid for it!