Going part time?

[Judgee]

Seriously considering going part time if I am able. Has anyone else did this? Were you allowed? Did they buy down your hours? What do you lose out on?

Any advice would be appreciated it's quite a big decision for me but circumstances mean reduced hours would definitely help me with being a carer for a close elderly relative?

I've been wrangling the "carer for a close elderly relative" for 5 years inc: 2 years partially motile and 3 years immotile.

With the new seasonal hours, there apparently an option to apply for varied hours with an application pack to be submitted.

This is working in conjunction with the carer teams supplied by the council, so in my case I'm applying for an hour later start to do the commode stuff and prep breakfast and a small dinner snack and leave it to the care teams to effect that. That means a return for tea time and a bit of laundry. cleaning maintainance etc

It works so far, but the point is, is to liase with the system to tell it what you need so that you don't need to go part-time?

Having said that, I'm also considering the option of dropping down to 30 hrs.

Plan what you need and get the form in?

Thank you for the advice and it's nice to see some else with the Commode and breakfast routine, living the dream!

[scoobydo79]

I asked in our office but was told it wasn't an option anymore, but job share is the way to go, a few in our place have started job sharing

It will fall flat on its arse. What happens is two blokes near to retirement decide to do 3 days each on a round they’re familiar with. Pretty soon one thinks actually I’m gonna retire. This then means management finds they have to cover the round 3 days a week to accommodate the other guy unless by some remote chance there is someone else wants 3 days a week.

[luddite]

I asked in our office but was told it wasn't an option anymore, but job share is the way to go, a few in our place have started job sharing

Tell me more please?

[Clappedoutpostie]

I asked in our office but was told it wasn't an option anymore, but job share is the way to go, a few in our place have started job sharing

Tell me more please?

Find someone else who would like to Jobshare with you and approach management probably best to have a word with your rep first as well, it will have to be either of your current rounds or a vacant one. If a revision comes up the senior person picks but some places are naughty and will ringfence a duty because it doesn’t require a day off cover.

[yellowbelly]

I asked in our office but was told it wasn't an option anymore, but job share is the way to go, a few in our place have started job sharing

Tell me more please?

There was a bit of a chat about it on this thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=101032&p=944050&hil ... is#p944050

A couple of us tried going for it but management said no because of the foreseen problem of getting someone in the future to
cover 3 days if someone left.