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?

Thanks, I'll tell her.

With respect, I think you’re absolutely wrong. Care companies would welcome someone reliable and experienced.

I have to say, it's a bit worrying how some people are saying women are unemployable or somehow past it after 60.

Trump is 77. Biden is 81. They'd be considered spring chickens at 60+.

Depending on your area - a part-time housekeeper. They're like gold dust round where I am.

I needed an extra job and was taken on by a supermarket at age 64 with no experience in retail . I was surprised how much I enjoy it and the staff discount is a bonus .

@SabreIsMyFave

ehat are you basing that 'imagining' on??

@Loafbeginsat60

do you have any idea of what it pays?

Library.

That is the utter joy of temping (and also the downside, of course). After a few years off to see if I am ready for full time retirement (I'm not) that's what I'm going back to work to do.

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Supermarket work. Our neighbour is a retired engineer. He got bored after a year and now is a delivery driver for a supermarket, and absolutely loves it. He gets to meet lots of people. The other staff are great and he gets invited to all the work outings. The good thing is if she's good there will be opportunities for promotion etc. It tends to be very flexible and he can pick up additional hours if he wants.

Many unpaid carers are spouses in their seventies and eighties.
Why shouldn't a fit sixty something be a carer, and an excellent one at that?

Do areas actually put escorts on the school buses?
Scotland the buses and taxis are drivers only (excluding special needs kids).

I would try:

-civil service

-charities: admin, office manager, support worker

-retail: some retailers prefer older, more reliable employees

-care

-NHS admin

-local authorities

-local hotels: might need reception staff

-does she like driving? I live in a small seaside town and have noticed a couple of mature ladies working as taxi drivers which is actually quite nice as a lone female passenger.

Ah I see it's for 2 x part time!

Def recommend care tbh. She'd be able to take some quals and become a senior and if she likes it a Deputy Manager down the line 😊

Jobs my friends that age do less than full time:

• exam invigilator
• church office admin
• charity (paid) admin roles
• visiting scheme manager at sheltered accommodation for the elderly - sorts out problems in the building, manages services (e.g. gardeners, window cleaners etc)
• companion to the elderly (non personal care)

Depends where from and to. I've just set up a run to an agricultural college, itll be 6 to 6 and a half hours a day. Because agricultural colleges are out in the sticks.
I dont know of any runs in my area less than 20 hours a week. They average 25 hours a week. And we are crying out for both drivers and assistants.

For OP theres no travel to work involved, the driver and car or bus or minivan come to your house to pick you up.

Yes. My local authority does. Not every bus needs an assistant, but most do. Not every taxi trip needs an assistant but most do.
It's for the protection of the driver and other passengers.

And for @CoffeeAndPeanuts my local authority pays £12 for assistants and more for drivers.

Cant edit sorry, yes we only bus special needs around.

@Winnading that makes more sense if your in a very densely populated area.

Where I am my catchment primary is over a mile away. So kids are bused. Some remote kids like those on farms are taxied to school.

Thanks everyone for such an amazing response. Top potential route is actually dog walking, as friend is in central London, loves dogs, loves walking, and there surely has to be demand for dog walking in c.London. And rates look good! But other avenues to be explored, all suggestions really appreciated.

I get what you mean about being careful how you word your CV and the information you include, but when it got to the bit where you said

she should only list the last few jobs in her CV (10, possibly 15 years max) not decades' worth of employment

I actually thought you were kidding! I mean heaven forfend, all those decades of knowledge and experience, my god she needs to hide that!

how absolutely dreadful that people with a long employment history feel they have to hide it because of some ghastly discriminating so-and-so in HR!

Does she want to get out of the house daily or would she cope with something like this.

https://sharedlivesplus.org.uk/start-your-shared-life/

I know people who are working as carers in their 60s and also in retail

@Snerl Do you know how someone would get into that?