what kind of job fits in with, dropping off and picking children from school, having school holidays off and always being around for sickness etc?

[beachlover]

can you think of any ?
or is self employed the only way to go?
please give me some ideas,

[3Ddonut]

childminder? school-based job? errrrmmm... struggling now...

[donbean]

sahm.

[CaptainCod]

teachign

[HuwEdwards]

A lot of large esp IT firms now offer term time only and flexible working schemes.

[Mercy]

Weekend or evening work?

[ThreeBluecubs]

Watching this thread with interest. Some sort of consultancy work where you are self employed and working from home? temping if admin type work wanted? Selling - Phoenix/Osborne.

Teacher/Teaching assistant - though you would struggle to cover sickness.

[Maidamess]

Teaching Assistant, school receptionist, bursar. Childrens Party entertainer (that pays loads!)

[lennygrrl]

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[Mercy]

Childminder for a teacher or lecturer?

[OrmIrian]

I work in IT and I've more or less made up my own working hours - 9-3 and 2 days working from home. And extra days from home in case of sickness. No solution to the school hols problem though but being at home 2 days a week helps with that.

Not great in terms of being side-lined and disregarded by other member of your team sometimes though

[Egypt]

teaching not really, you need to be at school before and after hours. same for teaching assistants and wouldn't work for teacher's childminder also for that reason.

something from home?

partime work during school hours? - shop? office work?

something arty? met a woman who did kids hand and feet casts at home and had people come to her house as and when she wanted them.

[Egypt]

bookwork?

[CaptainCod]

teaching can work

depends on hours and school hors

is more £££ than clay footing....

[Egypt]

indeed!

[Egypt]

less stress though

would rather be a clayfooter any day

[nailpolish]

i work nights and sleep when they ar at school
get a sleep 10am-2pm

or weekends

[nailpolish]

wtf is clay footing

[beachlover]

definatly dont want to work either weekends or evenings. sorry i know im a pita

before posting i had thought of childminding or petsitting
or
something creative would be nice, i enjoy cardmaking etc.

also thought about becoming a teacher, but im not sure id like the hours tbh.

teaching assistant would be a great job and may well fit in with what i want

to be totally honest think what im after is a token job iykwim
we don't really need the money but dd is going to school in september and i dont want to go from being a sahm to a housewife

[beachlover]

np clay footing means taking casts of babies and childrens feet
well at least i think thats what it means

[nailpolish]

what is wrong with the hours of teaching???

9-3
term time only

if i were you i get a job in a bookshop or something, or a bar job (ive had bar jobs, they are brilliant fun! you could do the lunchtime shift - the one no one else wants to do but itll fit in with your life)

[CaptainCod]

LOLat clayfooting

[CaptainCod]

how are teaachign assitants hours diefferet to a teacher?

[beachlover]

actually id probably enjoy a lunchtime bar job nice and sociable

[Egypt]

teaching is working AT SCHOOL from 8-4 AT LEAST. then there's the planning and the marking at home - god it's q a lot, ok.

clayfooting was a term cod just made for my previous post about casts of kids hands and feet, yes.