I’m in two minds about this. Either way could go horribly wrong, but I hoping I can find a way to make it work.
My first option is to keep job hunting and maybe, juuust maybe end up finding something full time, and filling hours with a couple of part time numbers. Then I can throw money at various things and try to get back afloat. This plan has thus far failed in every possible sense.
The second option is to work 12-15 hours doing, well, whatever. Stay on Jobseekers allowance. Get my flatmate [and effective landlord] to write me a letter stating I have to move out, and use that as leverage to get a council flat much much faster than would otherwise be remotely possible. Claim housing etc benefits, and THEN work on getting more + better employment.
the job market right now is sick. There’s nothing I can find that remotely matches both my skill set and what I’m willing to do. I absolutely will not go back into care work. I’d rather be homeless. Literally. Nothing else I’m currently qualified for will earn enough to stay in this flat, because the CSA will strip my earnings to £165 irrelevant of how hard I work.
So yeah, option two is looking more and more appealing *and practical* by the hour.