I’ve just finished my day shift at the pupil referral unit I work for, and I’m on my way to a three-hour shift doing youth work this evening. When I get home I’ll start work on the Open University assignment I have due in. Is it too much? Probably. But I think unless you are well off, everyone is the same at the moment. I’ve always had a second job, so it’s not new to me. Second, third, whatever. I’m juggling so I don’t drop the balls. But now, even nurses are getting second jobs.
What’s stressing me out is I can’t take any holiday. Because if I don’t work, I don’t get paid. My main job is through an agency, and I’m contracted. I had a tooth infection recently and that was five days without any pay because I was ill. I think I need to look for a five-day-a-week PAYE job. Then I can still do my part-time youth work and the Saturday job I have, which is supervising reparation work with young people who are giving back to the community by picking up litter.
