Child-friendly careers

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Do any of you have one or know someone who does? I worked in a very unchild-friendly area (tv!) and am trying to decide whether to attempt to make that work or retrain for something more suited to having two children. Any advice much appreciated!

Have you thought about starting your own business from home? It's a good way to work around your children....

I'm an Usborne Books organiser and it's wonderfully flexible around children, plus you wouldn't need to do any formal re-training (although Usborne to provide regular training sessions).

If you're interested have a look at my website or drop me an email to [email protected]

Good luck, whatever you end up with!

Something in the NHS? Seem to have proper flexible working policies there.

Teaching - great for child friendly hours and holidays (if you don't count planning time!)
You could use your previous career and teach media studies or something?

Teaching is great, but please be mindful that this week I have been in the building from 7.30am to 8.30pm three days running. Not sure that many nurseries will cover that.
I intend to go in over my holiday.

dont bother with the nhs, unless its not clinical based, the hours are not at all child friendly.

But I know a few in the civil service who have fantastically child friendly hours.

Teaching is the one of most child unfriendly jobs- well primary.

You work 50 hours a week at school and still bring work home. You have to be in by 8 ( not at all child friendly) and unlikey to ever leave before 5 plus all the additional meetings etc. Count on 50 hours a week in the building minimum- no real breaks.

You can't just pop out for half an hour for any reason. Can't take phone calls etc

Yes you get holidays but no flexible woking options.

Glad you have said that simbacat. I always think teaching is very child unfriendly apart from the hols. I am a social worker and can arrange my hours to fit in with attending school assembly, dental appointments etc, can work from home if one of my children is ill, can choose my hours as long as the work gets done. Its always puzzled me where this thing about teaching and fitting with a family comes from, its the hols isn't it? Have you thought about social work? Don't believe what you read in the papers!!!

I don't agree re;teaching.
Not having to pay for childcare in the school holidays is fantastically child friendly and many, many jobs require hours from 8am to 7pm all year round!

Mine certainly did.

Bearing in mind the 'media studies' suggestion, might teaching adults/further education be an option?
Or something like careers asvice at a further ed establishment?
Not sure how you'd train, but you'd have excellent hols and could possibly work part time.