Advice needed for work please

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Hi all. We are stuck and I need to get a job! However I am currently a sahm to 4 kids.

I don't even know if this exists but are there jobs doing online chat in the evenings for an online store that I could do from home when the kids have gone to bed?

My youngest is very small only 4 months but for financial reasons I need to work but she is too young to go to child care.

Hopeful thinking and clutching at straws. I doubt it is even a job and I probably wouldn't be able to attend a face to face interview.

Sorry it's not a very fluid post but our rent has gone up and not in a position to move as we can't afford another deposit and nothing else in our area cheaper than what we pay.

I would. Do ironing if I didn't have so much of our own to do. I will look into it though. I have a good steam generator iron.

The only thing with things like freelance and being self employed. I'm not good with numbers so not sure if I would be good at doing a self assessment tax return... Are they hard to do?

No Self Assessment is straightforward. You just need to keep records of what you earn which is challenging for some.

If you earn under £1000 in the tax year you don't need to complete one.
Assuming you keep working and earn more than that, if you don't have any expenses and it's just a straightforward amount you've earned as a sole trader it isn't that complicated.
If your husbands family own a business then I'm sure they could help to guide you.

If you do start working as a sole trader id advise keeping a simple spreadsheet with date earned, amount earned with totals at the bottom.

Have you checked to see that you're getting all / any benefits that you may be entitled to?

Came to say ironing but see it is already suggested. It needs to be something you can pick up when you have time and out down again when you are called away if your DH isn't there. You can make about £15ph ironing. Mentally consider it totally separate from your family's ironing, this is work. Does your area have a resident's Facebook group? That's where I look for ironers.

Thanks all. I will look into the ironing.

The thing is in our culture we would have lot of problems if DH stopped working for his dad. It's easy to say just don't work their but not a lot of people understand outside of the culture. I hope you understand

Culture is one thing. Running your husband ragged and not paying enough for him to provide for his wife and children is another - especially given the importance placed on family.

Can he get some hours back by saying he wants to start his own side business and needs to cut back to do so - that sort of thing is usually viewed positively? That could help with the immediate issue and then he can string it along a while and quietly drop it.

I further imagine you taking in chores won't be seen positively. So one of you needs to break the deadlock.