I have just relocated to Bathurst NSW. After working in a high stress, long hours position. I want to work but am sick of handing over half my weekly pay to childcare facilites.Also it would be great to be able to be their for the kids.
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No,there are not, unless you are an employee of a company that will allow you to work from your home, and they will probably want to supply your equipment (i.e.computer,printer,etc.).\nI am an employee of a company and work from my home. \nYou didn't say if you're going to work full time. \nIf you are and plan on being productive, you will still have daycare to pay. \nI also have two kids, ages 4 & 9 and they are in daycare/school during the day, while I'm at home, working.\nThis keeps all of us on a "routine", and "sane".\nYou and your children would be better off, while you are working, to be in an environment where they will be stimulated socially and academically.\nIf you want to "stay home" with you're children, then don't work a job, be a PARENT full-time. \nGood Luck :)
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What about looking into becoming a teacher or assistant teacher at a pre-school.  A lot of churches have pre-schools and could probably use extra help.  I think you would find a pre-school more satisfying than a day care because you would be educating the children, not just supervising them.
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Amen to englishteacher!  The day does not end for us when the children go home - that's when you start the mountain of paperwork and planning that needs to be done to ensure the next day is smooth and productive. \nGood teachers will also very rarely have the full holidays, all teachers I know spend half their holiday in the classroom, organising the next terms work.  In addition, we also have a 24 hour a day, seven day a week "duty of care" to children (not just the children we teach, but all children everywhere, and that includes "vulnerable adults"), meaning we are never "off duty".  Teachers end up being friends with teachers cos it gets to the point when you can't talk about anything else!!  My cousin is constantly being berated by her husband for telling everyone (including taxi drivers and shop assistants) about the kids she teaches.  You just cannot leave the job behind when you (finally!) go home.\nAs for the money, the majority of teachers I know do it cos they love the job and want to help kids maximise their potential in life.  However, if salary is looked at as a reflection of the role you play in the functioning of society, how can we be receiving less than an advertising exec???  I think the issue teachers have with the money is that it is not reflective of the job that we do, compared to the salary received by others.  I'm not money grabbing, I don't aspire to be rich, but I do want society to recognise the importance of the job we do.  I don't "play with kids" all day, I work long and hard to ensure every child I am resposnsible for becomes the greatest person they can be.  If you don't want us to have more money to reflect that, then think of another way you can show us respect.
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i would try to leave but what about your family if you had one?if i had a family and they always depended on me for their needs i would continue to work until all my babies were old enough to get jobs and get married.if they were named something other than sweatshops would they become different?i think not.i dont think very highly of them.low pay and bad conditions for working.however most workers are unwed mothers or the husbands are gone or they are dead beat dads. i hope one day that the whole world will be at peace with each other and no one has to need for anything.
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I teach at the minute and am the child protection officer at school. I also do support work in a children's home outside of school hours. Obviously both involve working with vulnerable kids. The vetting that you have to go under to get these jobs is immense, so you won't really leave yourself open to any allegations. Once you start, you have to follow set guidelines anyway, so there shouldn't really be a point when anyone can accuse you of anything. One thing to be careful of, is that if you are with a child who is really vulnerable and a bit emotionally unstable, try not to be alone with them, because then obviously if they do make any allegations, it's your word against theirs, and in today's society, you'll automatically be branded unsuitable to work with young people
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6 yr old ..huh ...i guess he/she should be in yr 1 ,primary school ...in nsw it is about between 9am-3pm (roughly) i guess the public schools in the local area will  be free of tuition fees and u just need to pay for the school uniforms ..
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I choose to go back to work (I have 3 kids youngest is 4 months) only because my kids need to interact with other kids and I need to keep my sanity!! I feel that it is great if someone wants to stay home with their kids...but we mom's need a break too!!
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You have lots of choices, there are many safe areas and good schools.  Are you looking for a suburb or in the city?  It would make sense to focus on the areas around a workplace so your commute wouldn't be too terrible.
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Hi, like you I found myself suddenly unemployed a couple of weeks ago. I applied to Boots for a part-time job up until xmas (it's only 7 weeks)-mind you, I have worked there before, so it wasn't too difficult. Most of your local stores will need temporary staff, and don't forget you'll get staff discount which will help. I think you can work up to 16 hours and still get benefits. It's a difficult time to look for a permanent job, but I wish you lots of luck, and hope you still have a good xmas! :)
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I am a nanny for a child with ADD, I don't think full time school is the option for him, but I'd look into your local government to see what they can do for helping you find a home worker, or work at home nanny that will come in and help the child.  The mother of the children I look after is a single mother as well, and she couldn't cut back her hours at her job without losing it all together, so she hired me, between the two of us, we are able to meet his needs, and he is much happier, and doing much better in his school work now that he goes to school.  If you can't afford someone like that, talk to anyone you can, at the school, your doctors, your mp and so on to find out if you can get help paying for someone to come to your house.  The one on one attention for your child would be very beneficial.  The main thing is to keep him in a schedule that he can anticipate every day, same people, same events, same timing, this will be very crucial in his world.\n\nPS If you are looking for a nanny type stable person that is flexible with your hours, talk to your school, and even a local church, they sometimes know of many young women of about 20-30 that love to work with children, especially those needing a bit of extra help that would rather work with children than go into the work force.  I wish you well.  :)
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Hey !!!! \n\nI'm in Toronto also and my brother actually works at a Sunoco station after school part time.\nHe constantly gets the wrong end for something he obviously has no control over. As the store worker mentioned above. It's the little people that have no control over anything that end up getting yelled at instead of who really deserves it!\n\nHave a nice day
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Try the The West Midland Autistic Society, they have a school for autistic children based in Coddington, I worked there as an agency worker for over a year, it was kewl. If you wanna go Agency, try Beresford Blake Thomas on 0121 212 2292 and ask for Karen Skelding. They're based all over the UK and very help full. If you do go to Agency working, change over to self employed within them, you get a higher rate of your tax refunded to you. BBT should have a list of companies who do this. Feel Free to contact me if you need anymore info. I've been there and done it and loved it. Good Luck! :0)
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I agree with you 100%.  I am an Early Childhood Educator with no children as of yet and most of my family, friends and neighbours come to me for advice about their children.  Life experience is sometimes good enough to learn what you need to know.  Not to say that real hands on experience doesn't help but it doesn't mean you don't know anything either.
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There are a couple of issues here and you have hit one of them on the head.\n\nThe knock on effect is that having sourced the workers from overseas there will be no jobs for School leavers at all, so it's onto Uni or the dole. Note the recent policy change announcement to keep Kids in school till 18!\n\nThe other is that the domestic birth rate is still falling, I believe in part due to the requirement for a second income in order to afford a mortgage these days.
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You must live in the same place I do because my kids and grand kids all complain about the job market and low wages. I know that the wages are higher "up north" but I lived there and it's more expensive so its a wash. I feel sorry for you guys cause when I was young when you took a job you had a chance to work your way up, that doesn't seem to be true now. I hope you are successful in finding a decent job.
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Yes, I understand it's just your job. But you should understand, people work and their checks from their jobs are not enough. Besides the kids and things they want to do. You call to remind them everyday, they don't make enough to survive and be happy. So yeah you might have got cursed out a time or two.
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The time is now to learn some lessons about growing up and things that come in time. Like more pay. I had exactly the same problem just the other day. My son who is 13 has been helping his aunt get the gardens ready on the weekend. His little sister who is ten also came along though not to help. She ended up doing some work (pulled a few leaves and chased the dogs) and was paid five dollars. Her brother got 15 as he did a lot of hard work. She just went ballistic lol. My fiery little girl. I sat her down and explained that he being older has that privilege because he can do more than she can. That it is not her fault she did a good job for her age. She was still not too happy but the next day she said it was OK and that next year she will earn more money than her younger brother too. That would not be hard so far he is at 0. Paying them the same would not be fair to either of them in the long run, but this is just my opinion.