Nursery staff or ex nursery staff

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If you chose to move on from nursery work - what did you do after / instead ?

Those of you that have potentially returned to nursery work - what did you do before etc ?

Thanks heaps

I work in a nursery now, prior to having my child, I did admin work and an apprenticeship in a lettings agents. Are you thinking about changing careers?

I went on the be an early years worker in a family hub. (Slightly better pay) from there I went on to be a parenting and family support worker (2 grades higher) but I hated it. I did TA in a school for a bit and then got a job in a library .

I became a nanny for a family from the nursery; I then went and worked in a crèche in a gym .... then went to uni to be a social worker

I did my nneb and worked in all sorts of childcare settings. I went on to do my teaching degree and now teach nursery in a school setting. My niece has just started working for a nursery chain. My word! The hours!! I couldn't do that now and the. They have to clean at the end of their shift. It wasn't great in the 90s but it's so poorly paid for what it entails. And then they wonder why they can't get early years staff.

At some point maybe yea

Ive done TA before.

Library id maybe enjoy part time

Definitely still poorly paid , often with minimum pension contributions etc

Would love a junior early years recruitment role one day

I got my NNEB and worked in nursery's and also quite a few nanny jobs.
Then when I had my DC I was a childminder for twelve years.
In my forties I was a self employed cleaner and did some after school nannying.
Now at 53 I still clean and still have the same clients and also do a bit of babysitting in the evenings.

Foster carer, cleaner, sahm. Before childcare I worked in retail.

I gave up nursery nursing in 2022 after working on and off since 1997, I’ve since worked in two roles as a family support worker. I’d like to work in children’s services ideally

Was it your level 3 that enabled / let u be a family supoort worker?

I went on to do elderly care and now work as a HCA at my local hospital, which I thoroughly enjoy.

With one of the jobs, yes it was a requirement. My current role isn’t so child focussed but my boss saw it as a benefit that someone had knowledge in the team around children/child safeguarding - so it helped!

Id love to try part time data entry one day
But its hard to transition

I've just handed in my notice. I'm looking at admin work in universities and just found a great librarian job which I think I would love.

I was late fifties when the pandemic hit and both settings I was working in didn’t reopen after that, so as DH retired in 2022 and we were planning to move I haven’t worked since. I do volunteer with babies since we moved and I can’t imagine not being with children in some capacity.

I have met someone recently who works at the local Neonatal unit as a nursery nurse and although she has undertaken additional training since working there, her NVQ3 was sufficient to get the job. That would definitely have appealed to me a few years ago.

Nice
Sounds like a nice change for you