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[quote=Anonymous]We are with Cultural Care now, after years with APIA (and if APIA would bring male APs over, then we would switch back in a second).  Our CC LCC looked at me like I had four heads when I said something about not being allowed to ask our AP to work on Sat nights without giving him Monday mornings off due to the consecutive rule with CC.  She had absolutely no idea what I was talking about and didn't interpret the rules this way at all.  So at least our cluster with CC doesn't follow this approach to scheduling (she is, OTOH, very strict about the 10 hr/45 hr rules, which she should be - we don't come close on either so these are non-issues for us).

Our AP works two weekend shifts per month, discussed and agreed on during matching.  Usually it is Sat night but sometimes it's either Sat or Sun am, to watch one child while we take the other to a swim meet.  Because our version of "going out at night" usually includes being home by 10:30 or 11, AP doesn't seem to mind it at all, as half the time he would just be leaving to go out at that time anyway.

I agree with the HM who replied that OP will need to interview and select very very well for an AP who can handle the multiple challenges of your job.  We had one AP in our 7 years in the program who could have done your job.  She was a regular AP, not extraordinaire, but she had two years of FT work as a pediatric physical therapist and was extremely capable and just an all around amazing person.  She ended up staying in the US and getting her Master's in special education - she is extremely ambitious and brought her skills and her ambition to bear on being an AP.  You need someone like that, and you'll be fine, but don't let the agencies tell you that you're being too picky or that you should settle for an AP without FT work experience.  We don't have a very hard job anymore (it used to be), so we are fine and happy with 19 year olds with not much experience but a lot of energy and smarts, but in your  case, you won't want to settle for anything less than the best trained and experienced.[/quote]

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