Is anyone else the only person who can do school runs?
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Lunch cover in nurseries, cleaning jobs where you set your own hours, some part time jobs that start at 8am and finish by 1.
I just got a job photographing newborns in hospital 9-2 but that’s after months of looking for suitable hours for me to get my girl to and from nursery. They’re hard to find tbh! Maid cleaning hotel rooms is a good one as it’s also 9-2
I don’t know much about your children’s age but if they are over the age of six and you have a Boys And Girls Club around you for the entire school year it’s like $25 and I believe they’re open until 8 PM. Most of these clubs do have a bus that shuttles the kids from school to the club after school.
What are you skills? A lot of roles in the charity sector are open to flexible working. I work for a non-profit and school runs/nursery pickups are a non issue. There are a few working parents and we block time out in our diaries so no meetings get put in, then make up the time elsewhere (or some people are part-time, it’s up to the person.)
I work in a care home three days a week, 8:30 till 2:30, I’m the only one who can do the school drop offs and pick ups as well. They’re pretty flexible though, some days I don’t get to work till 8:45 but as long as I stay on to make sure I do a 6 hour shift they’re totally fine with it. However school holidays are a pain, as I have to rely on a friend who’s work will swap shifts so we have each others children.
Why not do wrap around care? It’s what we’ll have to do.