single mums

[eeyore84]

are there any single mums with a child at school? what do you do to fill your time? and is there any tips for making extra cash with your time?

[andrea81]

How about volunteering at the school? Most schools can offer you a teacher assistant place and you even get a career out of it. My sister started this way and now is a Level 3 qualified nursery leader!

[beanebabe]

I am not single but I have just started working at the local hospital through their own temp agency (NHS professionals, admin & clerical bank) after being at home for 7 years. I am doing 9.30-2.30, mon-fri, term time only. The pay is rubbish but they are really flexible. I've been told I might not get the best jobs because of needing the holidays off but the rate of pay is standard whether you are using your brain or not! Having said that I started in the HR dept and it's really interesting.

[pink-kittens]

Teaching assistants jobs are very hard to come by and schools tend to take on qualified staff these days. Volunteers have to be CRB checked to do it - they have to be very careful about who they employ

I used to be a single parent with a child at school and I took in ironing for extra cash.

Why not try going back to school to get a teaching assis qualification? It only takes a year and you would probably get funded as a mature student