Dominicjdawson
07-03-2013, 12:49 PM
For the last three/four years now I have stayed at home during the day whilst my partner works and I have looked after our youngest children. I would work it the evenings and we had a good set up and a reasonable income.
My employer decided that this was no longer suitable and I had to start working full time or not at all. I was at the time self employed, let's not even get into that debate as to them controlling my hours, that's a whole different story.
I have struggled to find work, this is no shock as a lot of people are looking for jobs. I was happy to do anything, and I applied for a lot of things from being a cleaner to bar work to litter picking, I am not proud and would do any job offered. Sadly for me most of the employers would look at my cv and think I would be far to qualified to do this sort of work and would move on after a short time to something more suitable to me, meaning they would have to go though the whole process again to find a replacement.
It's kind of true I guess.
One job people have always said I would be great at is childmminding. I have three children of my own and they are a real credit to me. My beliefs are firm but fair and I have brought them up to be honest, caring, and generous. I have always encouraged them to push their own boundaries and it shows.
I get great satisfaction from bringing up children and have grown to really appreciate how important the early years are in their development. With the right guidance and nurturing anything is possiable.
So with all that in mind I thought I would at the very least find out what options are out there. I have been reading information on the gov website and know that I would have to register with various bodies and attend training courses. I already have a pediatric first aid certificate so that's covered.
Thanks sorry to ramble, never know what to put.
Any help would be gratefully accepted.
Dom.
My employer decided that this was no longer suitable and I had to start working full time or not at all. I was at the time self employed, let's not even get into that debate as to them controlling my hours, that's a whole different story.
I have struggled to find work, this is no shock as a lot of people are looking for jobs. I was happy to do anything, and I applied for a lot of things from being a cleaner to bar work to litter picking, I am not proud and would do any job offered. Sadly for me most of the employers would look at my cv and think I would be far to qualified to do this sort of work and would move on after a short time to something more suitable to me, meaning they would have to go though the whole process again to find a replacement.
It's kind of true I guess.
One job people have always said I would be great at is childmminding. I have three children of my own and they are a real credit to me. My beliefs are firm but fair and I have brought them up to be honest, caring, and generous. I have always encouraged them to push their own boundaries and it shows.
I get great satisfaction from bringing up children and have grown to really appreciate how important the early years are in their development. With the right guidance and nurturing anything is possiable.
So with all that in mind I thought I would at the very least find out what options are out there. I have been reading information on the gov website and know that I would have to register with various bodies and attend training courses. I already have a pediatric first aid certificate so that's covered.
Thanks sorry to ramble, never know what to put.
Any help would be gratefully accepted.
Dom.