Part-time job for teenager who spends EOW with his Dad?

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My bright, personable teenage DS is 15. He'll soon want to get a part-time job, but what could he do when he's away every other weekend at his Dad's house? He can't get a Saturday job if he can only do every other Saturday...

Any brilliant ideas would be really appreciated!

Can his Dad not make sure he gets there on his weekends?

His dad will also have to help him get to his job.

His Dad lives a good 35-40 minutes away. But yes, I guess that'd be a good solution.

Are there part-time jobs for teenagers that don't involve weekends, just after school or in the holidays?

Life guard once 16? Waiter? Babysitter? Think of things that children do after school and whether he can earn money from that.

Evening shifts supermarkets or retail stock room is often either really early or late. Or washing up clearing in a pub or restaurant. Or somewhere fast food will be open all hours. I actually worked in McDonald as my first job and it opened my eyes and lots of other young people so we had a laugh too. I was very shy and it was great for me because they just make you get on.

What time does he go to his to his Dads?

Is there anyway between the two places he could get a job? 20 minutes travel would be ok.

Plenty of part time jobs are during the week not weekends. My DD worked 4 hours on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, retail job.

McDonalds let Dd work pretty much whatever hours she wanted.

Being 15 he will be very restricted in the hours he can do by law, we found this when dd was 15, it seems only independent businesses will take on someone of that age. A weekend job would be better but you and dad may have to rethink weekend arrangements to accommodate this.

Definitely babysitting - we have a few local trustworthy teenagers we use if going to be local. People are more open minded about boys these days too. If he responds to texts with his availability and charges appropriately, he will easily have as much work as he wants.

When I was in sixth form I worked in a shop after school, kept my weekends free, I probably wouldnt push for a job prior to sixth form tbh unless they were very keen.

I think your DS will struggle to get a job he can do only every other Saturday. However, this can be a good time for him to re-set the EOW expectation if that's what he wants to do. My DS is 16 and for a long time has not wanted to have to go EOW, but struggled to explain this to his dad. He got a Saturday job this year and a side effect of that has been that he has felt able to say: I'll come Saturday night after work (instead of Friday after college). He is happy about this. And the job is really good for his confidence (not to mention he likes having £200 a month in his pocket!)

Wait staff or pot scrub at the local football stadium.

Usually employ part timers for match days and offer everything else as optional overtime.

Thanks so much for your idea! Loads to think about and talk about with DS.

With GCSEs in the summer, I think it'd be better if he waited till the holidays, and he'll be 16 then so might have more opportunities.

Thanks again.