Saturday job

[ArriettyMatilda]

I am a sahm, have been since I went on maternity leave late 2013. I didn't return to my old job, as I felt that the right place for me was at home with dd. I still don't feel that dd should be in childcare now, at nearly two and won't be looking for her to start preschool for at least another year or two. I've been thinking of getting a job one day of the weekend so that dp can have dd and so that I don't have such a huge gap between jobs. Does anyone have any experience of working weekends? What is it like for you and your family?

I was hoping someone might be able to share their experience, perhaps no one works weekends!

It sounds like a good idea and nice for your partner to bond with her by himself whilst you work. What field are you interested in? Some estate agents look for people to open doors to potential house buyers on the weekends. I think you need a car but it was pretty easy work - no selling that I could see, just opening the door and providing a bit of info about the local area.

Is there a particular area you want to work in or are you happy to work anywhere? I would imagine your best chances for weekend only work would be in retail / catering or doing ad-hoc care work.

I work Thursdays and Saturdays in a cafe/comic book store. It gets me out the house, talking to adults, and gives us a bit of pocket money (DH can just about cover the house and food costs by himself).

Plenty of places should have 8 hour contracts, especially with Christmas coming up, though as said above it would likely be in retail or catering. Bear in mind that you may have to work Sundays instead though.

I don't mind working Sunday too much, especially if only temporary.

Care work if definitely a no, I have done it before and loved building relationships but hated the cleaning and personal care. Catering or retail might be ok but I can't say I'm passionate about either. I'd like to do something where I could support learning (museum, college etc) or something outside or with children. Any ideas from that?

Hmm sometimes colleges / Universities hire people to help them out on their open days / weekends (how people around, etc) but it wouldn't be regular work. You could always enquire with some local to you though.

Babysitter or weekend nanny for a disabled child?

Thanks for all your replies I just wanted to come back on and say that I had an interview yesterday for a Saturday job at the library. I should find out if I get it next week. I am hoping I do as it's somewhere I'd love to work and I'd learn lots of new skills that may help me when applying for more jobs once dd starts school. I can see this working out really well for me and my family.

DD1 has a Saturday job in the library and LOVES it. Pretty good pay, interesting mix of people. She likes helping out people who struggle with the computers.