Best/simplest job for 60+ woman to earn around £200 a week?

[RogueFemale]

I have a 60+ friend who is very well qualified but being pushed out of her usual work. It used to be a full-time office job, then they made her self-employed, and now they're taking the piss asking her to do stuff for set rates equivalent to less than the minimum wage. She's tried to find alternative work in this field, but has found she is considered too old, and now thinking, well, better to work at a supermarket checkout or whatever, as at least it's reliable etc.

Any suggestions?

P.S. she is a widow with no pension other than upcoming state pension, and lives in a housing association property.

Supermarket cashier?

Maybe a TA in a school? Yes to supermarket work but it's actually really competitive to get into, so not just a case of applying without experience and expecting to walk into the job anymore. A lot of people on here recommend doing admin for the local authority.

Yes, that was my first suggestion, but wondered about alternatives. She is very caring about more elderly people, so I wonder whether she'd be young enough (at 63) to find work in the care sector? - albeit with no qualifications?

Yes she would be able to work in care, without qualifications.

Hospitality? My teen earns an average of £12 an hour with tips.

Is she in good health? It's not for everyone but a postnatal doula could earn that working 1 or 2 days a week, if she has experience and an affinity with babies. Duties might include anything from nappy changes/feeding/bathing the baby to entertaining any older siblings to making lunch for the mum, putting a wash on etc. She would agree in advance what each particular couple wanted her to do. She'd need a DBS check; a paediatric first aid course would be a bonus as well.

Care, childcare, after school nanny for instance, housekeeper/cleaner especially if self employed as opposed to through an agency

My friend (in her 50s) has just got a job as a support worker for vulnerable adults. If you put that into google, she should be able to find jobs in her area for that. My friend said they provide all training so you don’t need specific experience (my friend hasn’t got that). It’s not personal care, more being there for them and doing things like board games, taking them to supermarkets and things.

Also things like a Clerk to a School governing body. The county council recruit them round here and you can do ‘bank work’ for want of a better word, go to whichever school needs you at the time.

I can't imagine any company taking on a 63 y.o. as a carer.

It may be a good idea @RogueFemale for her to volunteer for a charity shop to get some retail experience, then she may be in with a chance of bagging a shop job. Even so, sadly her age will go against her. The chance of a 63 y.o. getting a job is rather small.

Thank you, but she is childless so no baby experience. Much experience, though, with caring for her parents before they died.

Some have suggested Childcare/ cleaning/ Bank work/ Clerk/ Housekeeper/ Nanny etc. But all of the above needs and requires qualifications and experience. Unless she has it already in any of said fields of work, she has no chance.

Thanks for this suggestion :)

And yet she's young by the standard of US presidents!

Try putting retirement jobs in Indeed as quite a lot come up, but loads are suited to the pre-retirement years.

@Snerl asked, is she in good health? Yes, very much so, and you wouldn't know she's 63, you'd guess closer to mid 50s.

Market research- companies ipsos etc lots of people that age di it

I knew someone, maybe about that age, who did overnight care for people. Can't remember the company though.

My friend’s mum works in a care home and is about 70. It was the care home her mother went to when she could no longer live at home and she got to know the staff as she was visiting most days. Once her mother died she took a job there and was then in her late 60s. Previously she’d been self employed and had no previous care experience. So absolutely possible if that’s what she wants.

School transport escort - to sit in taxi/ minibus on school run. They are always looking for people here.

Don't B&Q actively recruit older people?

If she’s experienced in admin, could she try the nhs? I got a part time admin job with my local nhs trust aged 61.

I also know someone in their 60s who does breakfast service at a local hotel.

Are you sure no qualifications are required? Or is it just some jobs yes but others no?