Hi, i'm new to this but i have a bit of a question and i could really use some fresh eyes on it.
I just got accepted for an apprenticeship that will be 30 hours a week including weekends. I've found a nursery that says it's free most days my daughter will need the room. I don't have a start date or a shift pattern (which will be the same every week so i'll at least get saturdays off!) but i am totally mushed in the brain department over my rights.
I can't get paternal leave because it's a new job and obviously nurseries are closed bank holidays, will i have to book every single one off. My partner is not my daughters birth father but is hoping to adopt or become her step-father in coming years so he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
I just don't know how we're going to do this, i need a job. Not just because i miss being something more than home keeper and mother but we have some financial issues too, i know an apprenticeship is not the best way to solve this but it was the only interview i got.
If anyone knows if i can get help with childcare costs, any type of leave to look after my daughter when she's sick or flexible working hours i would love some advice!