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Can you work for another caterer prepping food for them at your home? Food that maybe isn't hot so you can make it somewhat in advance? Since you know how to cook, maybe you can do meal prep and delivery for well-off clients. My cousin (who was an excellent cook) did this for a while for some doctors. He prepped gourmet meals then froze them, but also prepped the food in their homes and also delivered. Other than thinking beyond what you used to do: you can't fit a square peg into a round hole if you can't predict a catering schedule and you know it isn't going to work. So, move beyond it.
Your profile says you are caring for your 90-yr old mom. Does she live with you? Are you saying you can work full-time if it's a set schedule? There is a labor shortage right now (and smart, experienced adults) so finding another type of job shouldn't be that difficult. Maybe consider working as a customer service rep for a company. This means you answer their 1-800 customer service calls on your phone in your home. My cousin did this and it worked out well. Wishing you good luck finding the right fit!
I will tell you a story, it is true, so I will call her Jane.
Jane was a single Mum with 5 kids at home. Her husband decided when she had the twins that he did not want to be married any longer. She was devastated and dealt with depression for a couple years.
Jane needed a job and we were brainstorming as she wrote her resume. She had trained as a teacher, but after years of home schooling, she had let her teaching certificate lapse and it would take courses, time and money to get it reinstated. She mentioned she had made desserts for a restaurant in the past. She would go in when the restaurant was closed and bake pies, cheesecakes and more.
We put that in her resume and she got an incredible job. It was acting as a housekeeper and cook for several retired priests who live in a house together. Jane loved it, she prepared their big meal for mid day and left them sandwiches for their evening meal or soup to warm up. She was home when the kids were off school.
After a few years of that and when the kids were older, she got a second job, working in the kitchen at an Independent Living, working in the kitchen. She did both jobs for a while, then was promoted to kitchen manager at the IL.
So think outside the box, there may be a way you can use your catering skills to find a job that does have regular hours.
When I say I work for a catering company. I do not cook for them, but I have for customer. I go to work for a catering company . I load a truck for everything I need for lunch, dinner or meeting. I got to the place and I set up the event and service the event. Load the truck drive back to shop, unload the truck and got home. Sometimes I go to work at 6:30 am sometimes I go to work at 7:00 am. I might get back to the shop at 2:00 or 3:00 pm. Sometimes later. Sometime I go to work at 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm. It depend on what the event is. I also have private customer that I have worked for since 1988. I have seen their kids make their Bar Mitzvah, graduate, get engaged, get married and have their kids. My private customer want me to start back to work too. They call me every week to go back to work. All I want to do is go back to work, but I need my mom to be taken care of while I work. Does anybody know of anybody that does private duty. Every company I have called they tell me that they can't guarantee that the person would show up. My mom has long term care insurance, but they won't pay me because I am blood relative and I live with my mom. I have had my mom home with me since June 11,2018. Mom was under 90 lbs when I brought her home.To my mom house where I live too. I have taken care of her myself 24 hours a day. She is start to stand up. Please somebody help me.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
A.
I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
B.
APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
C.
APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
D.
If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
E.
This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
F.
You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Your profile says you are caring for your 90-yr old mom. Does she live with you? Are you saying you can work full-time if it's a set schedule? There is a labor shortage right now (and smart, experienced adults) so finding another type of job shouldn't be that difficult. Maybe consider working as a customer service rep for a company. This means you answer their 1-800 customer service calls on your phone in your home. My cousin did this and it worked out well. Wishing you good luck finding the right fit!
Jane was a single Mum with 5 kids at home. Her husband decided when she had the twins that he did not want to be married any longer. She was devastated and dealt with depression for a couple years.
Jane needed a job and we were brainstorming as she wrote her resume. She had trained as a teacher, but after years of home schooling, she had let her teaching certificate lapse and it would take courses, time and money to get it reinstated. She mentioned she had made desserts for a restaurant in the past. She would go in when the restaurant was closed and bake pies, cheesecakes and more.
We put that in her resume and she got an incredible job. It was acting as a housekeeper and cook for several retired priests who live in a house together. Jane loved it, she prepared their big meal for mid day and left them sandwiches for their evening meal or soup to warm up. She was home when the kids were off school.
After a few years of that and when the kids were older, she got a second job, working in the kitchen at an Independent Living, working in the kitchen. She did both jobs for a while, then was promoted to kitchen manager at the IL.
So think outside the box, there may be a way you can use your catering skills to find a job that does have regular hours.
I go to work for a catering company . I load a truck for everything I need for lunch, dinner or meeting. I got to the place and I set up the event and service the event. Load the truck drive back to shop, unload the truck and got home. Sometimes I go to work at 6:30 am sometimes I go to work at 7:00 am. I might get back to the shop at 2:00 or 3:00 pm. Sometimes later. Sometime I go to work at 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm. It depend on what the event is.
I also have private customer that I have worked for since 1988. I have seen their kids make their Bar Mitzvah, graduate, get engaged, get married and have their kids. My private customer want me to start back to work too. They call me every week to go back to work. All I want to do is go back to work, but I need my mom to be taken care of while I work. Does anybody know of anybody that does private duty.
Every company I have called they tell me that they can't guarantee that the person would show up.
My mom has long term care insurance, but they won't pay me because I am blood relative and I live with my mom. I have had my mom home with me since June 11,2018. Mom was under 90 lbs when I brought her home.To my mom house where I live too. I have taken care of her myself 24 hours a day. She is start to stand up.
Please somebody help me.