Mums - what jobs fit around the school run?

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I have two babies and my eldest is now in school. I want to work, always have and always will, however since having my babies I have found it SO hard to now get work that I can do the school run on. Personally, I do not want to put my kids into after school club as it wouldn’t work for me. What does everyone else do?? Thanks!

I work in finance. A job came up part time with flexible hours - I was allowed to choose what would work for me so long as I worked my hours, so I work 9:30-2:30 3 days a week.

What would your plans be for the school holidays?

School runs are not just the responsibility of mums! Shifting your thinking in this is probably the answer.

I’m part time so we’ve made it work through a mixture of me and dh both doing our share, grandparent help and childminder when they were very small and then after school club twice a week now everyone is y1 and above.

Any job with some wfh element helps but I’d really encourage you to think long term and not sacrifice your chance for a fulfilling career just to do every drop and collection yourself. It’s a long life.

I work now I just don’t feel secure. I currently do holiday clubs.

You’re so right and I agree with what you say. I’m a single mother to two so it’s a bit more complex. Her dad says he can’t because he works….🫠(so do I) but not just this, I do enjoy picking her up and dropping her off.

I’m an accountant I do 8.45-2.45 4 days a week. I work from home 3 of those days and do less hrs when at the office. It’s very flexible and I also work 3 full days during the holidays to get more days off. They go to holiday club when I’m working in summer and my parents usually do 1 day.
I think any office type job is flexible enough to allow this. It really depends on the employer, I work in the civil service. My boss actually likes that I do 4 days now rather than 3 even though number of hours hasn’t changed. So employers wld most likely prefer 5days on less hours than doing 3 full days.

I know some of the mums that do pick ups work in the nhs, retail, childminder, cleaner, dog walker or as a home help/care assistant.