Does anyone know of a homebased job that is genuinely good?

[jingleMAMADIVAsbells]

Have just lost my job and ideally would take my son outof childcare and have him at home anyone know of agenuine homebased job that actually does make money?

I ont drive so I know that rules out some stuff.

[IotasCat]

Childminding?

[brimfull]

my friend earns a nice amount organising the local paper rounds
It's the local advertiser.She gets all the papers delivered to her then drops them off at all the delivery kids.

Oh you don't drive...ah well.

Learn to drive ??

[mamadiva]

LOL ggirl thanks for the ahem useful advice

I was learning todrive but I havent been able to afford the lessons since August hence part of the reason I need a job as obv being able to drive will open up more oppertunities.

Iam nt qualified todo childminding but it issomething I fancy doing .

[brimfull]

how about a job at a nursery pre school that your ds attends

[BoffinMum]

Teaching/coaching is very interesting and relatively well paid for what it involves.

[brazenhussy]

The registration process for childminding is very straight forward and only takes between 6 and 12 weeks.

It is very lucrative and incredibly rewarding.

Good luck xx

[drpumpkinbread]

ive never heard anyone say cm'ing is very lucrative before!

[brazenhussy]

well I suppose lucrative is the wrong word but I am a single parent and childminder, I earn £576 + per week and only work 4 days. On top of this i still get full working tax and child tax credit because they are calculated on the hours you work not the money you earn.

[annabelcaramel]

My friend works for her local council and they have a positive drive towards making more people homeworking; all sorts of jobs available. Try your local one and see what's on offer.

[drpumpkinbread]

bh, well that is good.

[benandalex]

i work as a chat moderator i earn min wage but its at home and the hours suit me working round the kids

[brazenhussy]

Yes, and I LOVE it!

Which is a good job really cos minding 4 children under three and a half is bloody hard work especially as I have 4 DC too!

[drpumpkinbread]

it much more than i thought cm's earn.

ben, how did you get that job? what site?

[benandalex]

i bascially bombared sites with cvs and emails until someone took me on the jobs are few and far between though as they are snapped up asap and i work for a bingo site

[drpumpkinbread]

ben, imagine how many people on here would love that job, esp the ones that spend allday on here.

[benandalex]

i know its a good job i love it

[drpumpkinbread]

good to hear it

[lou031205]

brazen, are you sure about that? WTC & CTC are calculated on the hours you work AND the amount you earn.

[brazenhussy]

well, I rang the tax credits people and told them what I earned and how many hours I worked and they awarded me the same amount of benefit as my friend who is also a childminder but only earns roughly half what I do but has less children, so I presumed it was calculated on hours worked rather than income...but this is the first time in my life I have ever claimed any benefit so I could be wrong

[solidgoldsoddingjanuaryagain]

Chatline (phone) work is flexible WRT hours and you can do it from home when DC are asleep - though it's tricky to do if you have a DH/DP living with you; you need privacy.
And it really isn't for everyone. Most of it is sex-related, though you can also work on 'psychic' lines if you think you have any, er, aptitude in that direction (and from what little I know about it I would suggest that if you have counselling skills and lots of patience you'd be able to manage - and it could be squared with one's conscience that one is giving sympathy and fairly basic advice, if dressed up in woo-bollocks, to people who need someone to talk to.)

[brazenhussy]

solidgold - do you know where you can find out about working on psychic phone lines? I have seen sex chat jobs advertised frequently but not psychic ones.

[lou031205]

Sort of brazen, you get extra if you work over 30 hours per week as a household. So if your friend only worked a 16 hour week, she would get slightly less than you.

But the tax credits system generally works on a combination of:

-How many hours your household works per week.
-How many children you have and whether any of them are under 1 year of age.
-Your income for the previous year (unless you phone them to tell them that you will earn less this year than last, when they will adjust your payments up to compensate you).

But, you also get an income disregard of 2/3rds. In other words, if you earn £576 per week before deductions and expenses, then Tax Credits will judge your earnings to actually be £192 per week, to allow for your tax and expenses.

[solidgoldsoddingjanuaryagain]

I have seen ads in the back of magazines like Take A Break and Full House from a company that runs both sex and psychic chatlines - sorry can't remember the number and have long recycled the mags, but this was quite recent so it would be worth looking in them again.