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Any ideas for a job?

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dafodil · 07/08/2004 19:28

Hi, new to this site and haven't posted before, but am currently a SAHM, with dd starting school in september. I am looking to go out to work when she starts school full time in January, but only want something in school hours, as I also have one older child, and would still like the school holidays/half terms off with them. Does anyone have any ideas please?

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charliecat · 07/08/2004 19:38

Hello and welcome, how about seeing if theres any vacancies at your local nursery?

rooster · 07/08/2004 20:20

If you get in-touch with your local college, they run courses for Teaching Assistants, its a years course in which you go to college 1 day a week and also have a placement at a school, you don't get paid, but once the course is finished you can apply for a 'proper' job in a school.

What sort of thing did you do before children ?

rooster · 07/08/2004 20:22

by the way, I have the same dilema, my youngest is just about to start school.

Ive sent off an application today, for my local council working every Thurs/Fri all day, thankfully I have my mum and dad close so they can help out with childcare. I think it will suit me, as I get to be at home the rest of the week

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dafodil · 07/08/2004 21:28

Thankyou! Charliecat -the working at a nursery school sounds really appealling. I was a childminder for a couple of years before ds started school then gave up when dd was born. I dont fancy that again because I found it quite lonely and hated looking after my own paperwork, although I loved looking after the children. But I thought nursery jobs would be full time hours? Also would I probably need some sort of official qualifications in childcare?
Rooster - Good luck with your job application. That sounds ideal working 2 days a week, maybe I could consider that too

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charliecat · 07/08/2004 21:33

I volunteer at my dds nursery once a week and go in whenever needed, hoping to be so wonderfully useful that ill be offered a job one day! The hours are 9.15 till 1 and I have no qualifications, as far as I know a certain amount of staff have to be qualified and all the rest are, its just me thats not.
And you can train whilst in the job too if needed.

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dafodil · 07/08/2004 21:55

Thats brilliant! Im going to seriously consider doing that now as it sounds ideal. I'll wait till september and contact the nursery/pre-school my dd has just finished at & see what they say. I'm not in any rush, just would be nice to get back out there again. I had considered Tesco/Sainsbury's for a stop gap, so maybe I could do that at the same time.

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charliecat · 07/08/2004 21:58

Well Good Luck! Id contact them before September though as any jobs may have gone before the start of the new term...you dont have to of course im just thinking though the manager will be sorting out shift rotas etc as we speak so if she had your name filtering in her head it might be a good thing!

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dafodil · 07/08/2004 22:01

Good point. Thanks charliecat. I'll keep you posted.

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dafodil · 07/08/2004 22:02

Good point. Thanks charliecat. I'll keep you posted.

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KarenD71 · 08/08/2004 16:25

Hi regarding ideas for a job, i have just started my own business, working from home, around my three children. i work with a huge company, well established in the UK, but, new over here. all you have to do is go to www.anewcareer.net fill out your contact details (NOTHING to pay!!) and they will contact you. please be assured this is a genuine business, requiring some time and effort, but, a fantastic chance to work from home.

KarenD71 · 08/08/2004 16:35

Sorry, i meant well established in the U.S and the link is anewcareer.net

hercules · 08/08/2004 16:36

Karen- you need to pay to advertise. Email the mumsnet team.

malinki · 10/08/2004 12:08

Hi Dafodil, my DD also starts school this year. I have a full time position working in Exports, but knew I had to go part-time (which has been refused) or look for another position with school hours. The Time out club attached to the school, only operate for 1 hour after school, my parents live on the East Coast (2 hours away) and my PIL live down near Gloucester (3 hours away), so I wrote a nice letter to my DD school asking if they had anything they thought I could do on a voluntary basis, I heard nothing, then I e-mailed them to advise them that I was leaving my current position on 27th August, to my suprise I got a call from DD new school asking me to come in and have a chat they wanted to discuss a few ideas, well I ran in and ran out with a part time, term time position only, as a support assistant, looking after a little boy for 19 hours a week, that was starved of oxygen as a child and it is a salaried position, and you get all the school holidays. I have to go on various courses, all school time courses either run at DD school or another local school and I get to go on school trips too. Why don't you contact your DD school and ask them if you can be of any help, you might get a suprise like me!!

charliecat · 20/08/2004 19:34

Have you done any job hunting or had any luck anywhere dafodil?

Fran1 · 28/08/2004 23:32

Karen D71,

what exactly is the business you do? I looked at the website and as with all the scam ones, it tells you nothing about the actual work involved.

And i notice you did not mention the type of work either?

Just curious

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