employment for 53 year old domestic violence survivor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My cousin just separated from her very abusive husband. She has no job skills. None. She was a homemaker for the past 20 years. Any ideas on where she can get some low cost vocational training---remote jobs would be best because she does have children. thanks.

I don’t know the ages of her children, but I guarantee you the public school system where she lives is hiring for instructional assistant/paraeducator positions. This would get her benefits and she could at least be home with her kids over breaks and summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP how much childcare will she have access to in the near future? That would be a large obstacle

There will be regular help in a month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious what finally induced her to leave?

If she is traumatized she will need help for that.

It is a pretty heartbreaking story and I myself need therapy for it! I will not go into it here because I am paranoid of the legal case.

[Anonymous]

Pats educator in the public school.

She will get healthcare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My cousin just separated from her very abusive husband. She has no job skills. None. She was a homemaker for the past 20 years. Any ideas on where she can get some low cost vocational training---remote jobs would be best because she does have children. thanks.

If she is willing to do hard physical work that can be kind of gross -- she can work as a CNA/PCT at most nursing homes or hospitals. The will train or she can take a one semester class at a community college. From there, she could attend nursing school or get a certified in another healthcare speciality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best is to work retail or food service. No skills needed, and often you can choose shift work so it could be odd hours to be flexible with kid schedules.

That was not my experience when I worked in retail, nor has it been the experience of my college kids when they've done summer/after school retail work. Managers schedule shifts all over the place, will give you few hours if business is slow, and too many hours if business is busy.

[Anonymous]

The local schools are in desperate need of bus drivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Best is to work retail or food service. No skills needed, and often you can choose shift work so it could be odd hours to be flexible with kid schedules.

That was not my experience when I worked in retail, nor has it been the experience of my college kids when they've done summer/after school retail work. Managers schedule shifts all over the place, will give you few hours if business is slow, and too many hours if business is busy.

Food service tends to be better IME with regard to scheduling

[Anonymous]

Do her kids go to school? If they do, she might be interested in a job in a school since the hours would be similar. She could be an aid now and many districts will pay for her to become a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Remote work is an option if she wants to work for a call center or in customer service answering phones all day.

[Anonymous]

What are her passions?

[Anonymous]

You know, JCC's and Y's offer basic computer training. Outlook, Word, Excel, etc. If she could get competent on that and get her typing up to like 40WPM, she could be a receptionist in an office. Answer phones, greet visitors, reserve conference rooms, lead visitors to the right ones, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pats educator in the public school.She will get healthcare

I thought this said Pets Educator at first glance and got very excited at the idea of bringing in goats to educated kids about them one week, then bringing in a pony the next week, etc.

[Anonymous]

Costco

[Anonymous]

I hate to go here but Walmart. They are known (for a lot of terrible practices and that’s still true but they have also committed to) giving survivors of domestic violence their first work experience.