Working: My Flexible Jobs

First, I am a PCA (personal care attendant). I work with an individual with FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder). We work on living skills, social skills, communication skills, and anything else they may need help with. For this job each person only gets so many PCA hours per week, and they are split between at least two PCAs. So for example, one gets 21 hours per week, and they are divided between me and another PCA, so each of us get ten and a half hours a week with this one. I usually work three days with this one for … Continue reading

Single Parents and Work

The average single parent has to work. They don’t have the option to be a stay at home parent, as much as some of them would like to be. This means that they have to get a job just to pay for things like food, shelter, clothing and, once employed, child care. Some single parents receive child support to help pay for the basics, and some get extra, to help pay for childcare, some don’t. It honestly doesn’t matter whether or not they get it, because in most cases, it’s not enough to live off of without still having to … Continue reading