on newstart want to study

[Lulu]

you can get an aged care qualification paid for atm. Thought about going down avenue?

[briggsy's girl]

c'link are not able to approve volunteer work - needs to be negotiationed with your job services provider. as long as your activity comes up to 15 hours per week, you'll be ok.

if you have 14 contact hours of study and you can get confirmation that you are expected to study more than an hour at home, it will get you to your 15 hours

from Dec to Mar, you would just have to suck it up and look for work - you never know, you might find an employer that you actually enjoy working for if you put yourself out there - and then you could continue working PT or casual as well as studying - extra money and all that jazz...

[rosie1]

thanks for all your replies Its so tough on mums; I am trying really hard to find a job, I used to work doing recruitment so know how to do a decent CV; I've spent hours and hours on some apps doing "key competency" answers (2 pages long) I reckon as soon as they figure out that I haven't worked for 10yrs I just go in the "no" pile...so disheartening
I have no local support network having lived o/s for last 18 years and only have inlaws local - in their 70s and have NEVER offered 1 minute of help with kids. As I am newly back in Aust I have no idea about Clink and job agencies - they didn't exist when I left and it is so confusing who does what. I tried to get "approval" for my p/t course and each one sent me back to the other cos its an unusual course they've never heard of (still an RTO tho) and the 14hrs is avg time each week to "study the course work and complete each assessment module" as its a distance ed course so doesn't have contact hours...starting to wish I hadn't enrolled now it all seems too hard

[~TT40~]

you can do it Rosie!!! don't give up!!!!

[e_p]

Rosie there are quite a few changes coming into effect from 1st of July for principal carers (basically a general relaxing of the rules) - I'll find out for you tomorrow and get back to you