handing notice in - while on probation - bad personal circumstances - help

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I just need some advice really. I started a new job in jan - late dec i kicked my ex husband out of the house. Ive got to move to a new area ( forces) i did not know how long it would take me to find work/house/childcare. So i started my new job knowing i would be leaving soon. I knew it was bad, but i needed the money to save for a deposit.
Anyway, i have been feeling more and more guilty. But i now have a house and a job and am moving in two weeks. Im on holiday most of this week, and intend on handing my notice in on thur. I dont know what to say to them. I can only give them a weeks notice too. Also the manager isnt there everyday - so if shes not in the office i will have to phone her i presume? i dont want to phone her in front of other people...it will be awful to tell her on the phone too. I feel so guilty but i didnt plan for this to happen.
With regards to my wages, im presuming ill be paid for my weeks notice? they wont take a months money off me or anything will they?
Any advice would be great/

Hi - it really depends what it says in your contract about how much notice you have to give. If it says you only have to give a week's notice while you're on probation, then so long as you work your notice period then they pay you for it, and that's that. But if you had to give a month's notice and didn't, then they would be able to take money off you for the difference IYSWIM?

It would be better to give notice in person, but if that's going to be a problem for your notice period, then you'd be better phoning and also writing to hand in your notice, and then speaking to the manager in person when you're back off leave.

You also have to think about how much leave you can have if you're leaving early in the year - you should get your leave allowance pro-rata'd for the amount of time you've worked. So if you get 20 days a year, and you've only worked 6 months, then you're only entitled to 10 days leave, for example.

oh no - i hope they cant take money off me - i need it to live on. Ive checked all the probation paperwork and it does not say anything at all about notice. Just if you have been with them for less than 3 years its one months notice. I have only been there 1 month. I will of course write a letter too. With regards to leave, - i understand that i will have to pay some of it back. Thats fine.

That's not correct I'm afraid, even if you were supposed to give a month's notice, they can't penalise you by taking any money off you for not working your full notice. They must pay you for work done.

If you are supposed to give a month's notice and you don't, you have breached your contract, but it would be unlikely and pointless for them to do anything about it - the only thing it is likely to affect if that's the case is a reference.

Better to do it in person but if it's important to you to do it as soon as possible, then yes, telephone your manager, but make sure you have done it in writing as well.

just checked paperwork again - it says
'short term placement ( less than 13 weeks ) one week notice'
BUT it wasnt meant to be a short term placement, so im not sure if this applies?

If it wasn't a short term placement then it sounds as though your notice period is strictly a month.

However it would be unsual for them to try and force you to work a month's notice if you've only been there a month already. Plus if they try to force you, as I've said, the only negative consequence for you of walking out after a week is that a reference may refer to unreliability or similar. But a reference from a job where you've been for such a short time is unlikely to be worth worrying about anyway.

Thats what i thought - i do already have a job, and have excellent references from my two previous employers.I would not give out my current job as a ref anyway as i have only been there for such a short time. Even less as i only work 18 hours a week.
I expect them to be very angry with me. But its not something i knew was going to happen.