What kinda job would be better suited?

[lisad123]

Hi

I havent posted on here before but thought you ladies might be best to answer my questions. I have one DD at school fulltime and Im due to give both to DD2 in a few weeks. Before I went on mat leave I was working for social services supporting families in very bad situation and often ending in court and children being removed, before that I worked with disabled children managing 5 support staff and before that working in a unit for children excluded from school. I have also worked as a nursery nurse.
Now SS have turned down my request for term time hours so I have made the decision not to return when my mat leave finishes, but really dont know what to do. I thought about child minding but the idea of tons of kids in my house would kill me and think i would miss the adult company.
What about mothers help or child minding sharing in someone else house? Does it pay ok? would i be allowed to take my DD2 with me and pick DD1 after school?
My only other thought is agency work, but would worry the work might not always be there.
thanks in advance.
lisa

bump or have you all finished work

Do you really want to stop doing social work? While SS may have turned down your request at this point, you may find that another role within SS fits with your childcare requirements better... for example, my sister is a social worker and found that she was able to arrange her job so that her DD could be in nursery. While termtime only may be hard to arrange, perhaps SS could arrange more fixed hours, so that you could then use a childminder to provide care during school term time and holidays.

If childminding does not suit you, I don't feel that nannying (which I assume you mean by childminding sharing) will be any different. Being a nanny can be very lonely at times, lack of adult company, there can be issues with having your own children come to work with you.

Have you considered working at a SureStart Families Centre? Your social work background may appeal to them, plus you will have experience of dealing with many different family situations. Families Centres often have a crèche facility running alongside courses, so if you were tutoring a course then you may be able to use the crèche. Pay and hours may be issue though, as it might only be part-time, but as you want to pick up DD1 from school, part-time work may suit.

I dont want to give up my work completely, as i do enjoy it (I know that might sound odd) but I dont want to put DD2 into nursery and dont have family that can help out I dont reall y know what to do.

I didnt mean nanny jobs sorry I meant working with another childminder in their home rather than mine.
Thanks

Lisa