What would you do? Work/childcare

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Currently I work for the NHS, band 5. I work compressed hours, have Fridays off and work remote once's per week. I got a new job at a higher band and checks are done and due to hand my notice in. I would lose my Fridays off with my 3.5 year old and most remote days.
Benefit of the new job is obviously money. Which I could do with (single parent, currently have £300 left over for food, petrol etc. new job I'd have more like £600 per month).
Suddenly I've got cold feet about leaving. I love that time with my daughter and my remote days keep that work/life balance. I thought I could look for a 5 days on-site job when my daughter starts school. But I'm wondering if I'm getting cold feet because of new job anxiety as it's a jump up, new hospital, lots to learn.
What would you do in my situation? I can obviously still call it off and not hand my notice in (obviously new job wouldn't be happy with me). Any advice?

Just to add - I own my own house, I am not in any dept, and I do have a very small pot of savings (£1.5k) so I'm not struggling too much, but can't afford much "fun" money with my daughter or many holidays.

Op , will you have to pay more for childcare ?

@MaryGreenhill no, my dad can have her Fridays so it would be no extra cost (except petrol travelling in 5 days instead of 3).

I’d take it. £300 per month leftover is really not much. What would you do in the event of an emergency like needing a new roof etc? You can still spend lots of quality time together with your daughter at the weekends but in your shoes especially being a single parent I’d want to be able to build up a much bigger financial cushion.

I think you should go for it - your child will be in school soon enough, and another band 6 opportunity might not come along again for ages. The extra money sounds like it will make a real difference for you, plus the fact that you will move up the band so your salary will continue to grow for the next 5 years.
If you didn't need the money I'd say stay as you are but with the cost of living going up so much at the moment this extra money could be really important.

In that case l would take the promotion Op. Your child will be in full time school very soon and nothing stays the same even in your old job things might alter . I know from experience how this happens when a new boss starts and sweeps clean 🙄
Good luck with whatever you decide 🍀

I’d take it, it sounds like financially it’s important. And she will be at school before long. I can understand why you feel torn though.

@Chaosx3x honestly no idea what I'd do if something needed to happen I'd not budgeted for right now (probably cry to start with). But yes I'd like to get more money primarily to start bolstering my savings. I think part of my anxiety at loss of time with my daughter is I have her 50:50 with my ex so time with her already feels so short.

@hazelnutlatte thank you for input. I do appreciate it. I do keep thinking this opportunity might not come up again in that 1.5 years and I'd just be annoyed at myself for not taking it now. And yes - it's more money to start with and it goes up to a good amount at the top of the band. The cost of living costs increase is a source of quite a lot of anxiety at the moment.

@MaryGreenhill yes that's a very good point. I have a new line manager starting tomorrow, and she could just stop my compressed hours/remote days as it's not in my contract.

@Caravaggiouch thank you. Hearing other people say the same thing is really helping my anxiety.

I think I’d go for it. As others have said, your child will very soon be at school and it sounds like the money will be useful.

Depends how often these band 6 positions come up and how highly sort after they are? If they are rare and you’re unlikely to get one in the future then go for it.

But working 4 days a week plus working from home some days is really ideal, great work/life balance and whilst your daughters so young I can see why moving jobs may not be ideal right now.

I think you need to go for it. You need the security savings will bring. You can use your unpaid parental leave to spend time with your dd before school

@Luxell934 it's really variable. I'm in management so usually when these positions come up there is usually someone already in department that is "primed" for the position, so although they come up, the positions can be really difficult to get as an outsider to the department.