What job can I get as Keyworker?

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So my child can go back to school? Needs to be something you don’t need qualifications for.

I’m seriously considering finding a keyworker job if my year 2 child can’t go back in September. She’s really struggling at home.
The biggest problem though is I’m on maternity leave from my 2 day a week non keyworker job, minimum wage office job, so will need to find a nursery that has a place for a baby. I wasn’t planning on going back for now.
I saw Lidl were advertising near me but they don’t say what the hours are which seems to be the case with all the supermarket jobs.
Any other ideas?

Carer.
Health Care Assistant.
Porter.
Theatre Assistant.
Hospital Cleaner.
Administrator in a hospital/school.

There are usually care worker jobs going but you need to have the right attitude to do those jobs, it's not easy work.

delivery driver
supermarket worker

What sort of offie work do you do? Admin in a hospital is good

I think you need to consider the impact of having a 'key worker' job might have. There isn't the provision for wrap around care in most places and most key worker jobs are long or odd hours.

You sound like you're devaluing key workers a bit, it sounds like you're in a desperate situation for your child though so perhaps that's not deliberate.

My Y2 is finding it hard at home, I'm a key worker but working from home so he can't have a place. It's hard.

Please just don’t go and “do care work” so you can be a keyworker. It’s not that sort of job.

Your best bet is shop work if you just want a “key worker job”.

I'm a TA going to have to hand in my notice as there is no wraparound care. And I can't make it work. Being a keyworker has its draw backs.

Call centre for motor or home insurance.
Hospital or school admin.

Here you’d need to be doing something outside of home though.

I’m sorry your DD is suffering...DS1 is also Y2 and pretty miserable; he has realised that he won’t be back until September recently which hasn’t helped. Could of ring the school and talk to SENCO or similar if she’s really struggling?

We can't even take on all of the key worker's children at our school. We have a waiting list for every year group - we just do not have any more staff to teach them. Can your school even take more year 2s?

Im a teacher. My children’s school wont take my children back. They wont take any new key-worker children on their lists. And even if they did, theyd only be allowed on site between 8.45 and 3. Wraparound care doesn't exist atm.

Thats sounds like a goady thread in the making though, as surely you could have found this information out quite easily if you actually meant it.

Do not know what you currently do but if you can do it for a key worker organisation it counts! So hr for non essential retail no but for a hospital yes your good to go!

My job is a company support rules that exists within key worker sectors and I had considered it! The original list was wide and while people did not abuse it originally as time goes on their will be an incentive our own school has gone for seven key worker children to Sixty in the last week, not opening for any year groups but me feels people have found the loop hole!

My DC school have wrap around care provided. I've considered getting a key worker job too!

I wouldn’t go through through all the hassle of getting a job just to get your child back to school. Ours, both first and middle are full and not accepting any more key worker or yr r, 1 or 6 children. The first school have roughly half capacity for each year group and a class of key workers per key stage. They can use all the classrooms due to sink/window/size issues. So that’s it, if you weren’t quick enough to get a place, they can’t go in.

I had a look on a job site and saw there are a lot of carer jobs but I’m not sure I’m suited for that. I will have a look at the local hospitals jobs website but can’t imagine any jobs on there are easy to get.

I don’t mean it sound like I’m devaluing keyworkers or think they have it easier I’m any way. I think I’m just struggling with the news that staring back I’m September may not even happen combined with learning two of dds Year 2 friends started back at school yesterday who have a Keyworker parent and dd would love to join them.

I work for a charity and my colleagues are mostly furloughed still as we can’t do a lot of our job without people being able to meet in groups. Definitely not a keyworker job.

NHS HR is notoriously slow. It's unlikely you'd start before the end of term. I know my child's school has told us they won't be open to key workers over the summer unless forced.

I am a transport worker but recruitment is non-existent right now.

As pp said, retail might be the way to go.

Food factory. Always desperate for staff.

Most schools aren’t teaching keyworker children just minding them so don’t expect much. It’s a limited day 9-3 as well.

I’m a key worker and I’m having to cut my hours to educate my dd because she’s not educated at school and was becoming upset having to sit on a marked spot for ages. There not allowed to play or interact with peers. I’d like to keep her at home all the time but feel a duty to work (healthcare) so have compromised.

Civil Service? I don't think you need any qualifications for an entry level job, but you may need to work at least 20 hours per week iirc. Perhaps have a look at the Civil Service Jobs Portal at www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi

It’s not the usual school experience at the moment

So many restrictions and they are NOT having lessons they are supervised that’s all

Many children are really unhappy at school (ds is as are the others he knows that go)

I work in a food factory as does dh. Not child friendly shifts though so we do opposite shifts.
We havent sent dd to school as shes old enough to be left alone for the hour between shifts.
She knows of one girl in her year who has stayed at school as a child of keyworkers, secondary school and they're only doing maths and english worksheets so dd has chosen to stay at home.