UNF!
Is cailín bródúil as Éirinn mé, A proud Irish girl but sometimes my government makes me want to bang my head off a brick wall. These last few weeks have been just like that.
I have my own little pre-school. It's small and can be very stressful but I have been there for 16 years so I must like it. We are host projects for a few different schemes. As such we sponsor community employment candidates. They come and work and learn in our school and the government pay them. A couple of weeks ago one of my CE staff was sacked from the programme. Her crime? She moved her boyfriend into her home because they are getting married soon. Because she is no longer classed as a single parent, and because she was honest about it she no longer "FITS THE CRITERIA". So this person was given two weeks notice, her money for those two weeks was cut by €90 and she was put onto the dole.This woman is devastated. She wants to hold on to her job, but can't. Her job has been advertised for three weeks, but no one has applied. So the irony is she can't have her job, but no one else wants it. arghhhhhh. I have to go looking for new staff, at a very busy time of the year. Training new people in, the children have to get used to a new person the new person has to get used to us..and this woman just wants to work. Frustrating is not the word. Politicians shake their heads and say it's terrible, but no one wants to do anything.
So rant no2....We offer a reduced rate service to people on a low income. The government are supposed to pay me the balance. They have said that certain families were late handing in their details(They weren't, and I proved they weren't) so they're not paying me. But, and here's the killer;I still have to provide the service for these families! I'm not allowed charge them full price because it would be a breach of contract, so I have to provide my service at a loss or it could effect my future funding. FFS! That's €2000 per child!
So I have to get behind the parents and try to get them to fund raise. To come up with fresh ideas and ways to raise money is very difficult. I have come so close to walking away these past couple of weeks....it would be so much easier to leave and not have to worry about it. I've even been so stressed about all of this that my hair has started to fall out. But you know, a lot of people are in difficulty at the moment, and the support and understanding from the parents and other businesses has astounded me. And ranting on here helps.
I'm still going to continue with my pre-school for now. Although, all the fighting and paperwork is not why I studied for so long in college. I really love spending time with my little friends. I believe in what I do. Our little ones are blank canvases, and I believe in shaping them into masterpieces.
SharonAnn
I have my own little pre-school. It's small and can be very stressful but I have been there for 16 years so I must like it. We are host projects for a few different schemes. As such we sponsor community employment candidates. They come and work and learn in our school and the government pay them. A couple of weeks ago one of my CE staff was sacked from the programme. Her crime? She moved her boyfriend into her home because they are getting married soon. Because she is no longer classed as a single parent, and because she was honest about it she no longer "FITS THE CRITERIA". So this person was given two weeks notice, her money for those two weeks was cut by €90 and she was put onto the dole.This woman is devastated. She wants to hold on to her job, but can't. Her job has been advertised for three weeks, but no one has applied. So the irony is she can't have her job, but no one else wants it. arghhhhhh. I have to go looking for new staff, at a very busy time of the year. Training new people in, the children have to get used to a new person the new person has to get used to us..and this woman just wants to work. Frustrating is not the word. Politicians shake their heads and say it's terrible, but no one wants to do anything.
So rant no2....We offer a reduced rate service to people on a low income. The government are supposed to pay me the balance. They have said that certain families were late handing in their details(They weren't, and I proved they weren't) so they're not paying me. But, and here's the killer;I still have to provide the service for these families! I'm not allowed charge them full price because it would be a breach of contract, so I have to provide my service at a loss or it could effect my future funding. FFS! That's €2000 per child!
So I have to get behind the parents and try to get them to fund raise. To come up with fresh ideas and ways to raise money is very difficult. I have come so close to walking away these past couple of weeks....it would be so much easier to leave and not have to worry about it. I've even been so stressed about all of this that my hair has started to fall out. But you know, a lot of people are in difficulty at the moment, and the support and understanding from the parents and other businesses has astounded me. And ranting on here helps.
I'm still going to continue with my pre-school for now. Although, all the fighting and paperwork is not why I studied for so long in college. I really love spending time with my little friends. I believe in what I do. Our little ones are blank canvases, and I believe in shaping them into masterpieces.
SharonAnn
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