Up till now I have been working in education and reached quite a senior post prior to mat leave. I was not able to go back to my post and had some additional time out.
I have now come to the point where I need to decide if I am going to re-train and go in a different direction. It has come to the crunch eg. we have a nursery place we need to accept or reject (starting for September). However, if we take up the nursery place (which my DH wants us to do) then I will need to go out to work on a temping basis (supply teaching) in order to pay for it. The supply teaching work would not bring in any money over and above the nursery fees and is very unlikely to take my career forward - it is quite a few steps back down the ladder. I have looked around for pt jobs at my level and had some interviews, but have not been succesful... Obviously a lot of people are chasing those jobs!
I have developed some self-employed and freelance work, but it is fairly unreliable in terms of bringing in money. It needs to be run alongside something else.
I am therefore interested in re-training in something where:
- I am supporting people to make their lives better
- It is fairly flexible, maybe on an hour by hour basis
- It has fairly good professional standing
- I am working with individuals or small groups
- you can work part-time
I am very interested in women/mothers/babies and have been volunteering as a bf peer supporter, however I would have to do more training and have more experience in order to be eligible for any paid roles.
Can you suggest something I might do?
On the assets side:
I have money in the bank to pay for re-training
I am intelligent, hardworking and find it fairly easy to pass exams/complete courses.
About 1 day per week childcare support from a family member.
Thanks in advance!