Posted By KMB
I am recently married and the next step to consider is family however, I have worked hard to get where I am in safety and don't want to give it all up to stay at home and look after children however I would like a work / family balance and would ideally like to work 2/3 days a week. I have been looking at the part time options that there are and they seem to be extremely few and far between and generally more junior roles. I am Grad IOSH with my open book next March and hopefully achieving chartered status June 2009. I am considering becoming self employed as an option - but it will be an amazing amount of work - especially to start up and will I beable to find enough work? there are a huge amount of self employed consultants. Am I going to have choose between my career (in this area anyway) or family? Any advice that anyone could give would be very much appreciated.

Posted By KMB
No hadn't thought of that - didn't realise that was an option. I am midlands based, Leicester. I guess it would just be a case of searching the job papers then. Thanks, will look into it.

Posted By Glyn Atkinson
Contact all of the consultancies in your ara to offer your services on an ad hoc basis up to a maximum of your 3 days per week.

There must be a firm who would take on someone part time to cover rises in business at short notice - no one wants to hire permanently but will not want to turn down work either.

Posted By KMB
Thanks All. It has really helped and now I don't feel like all my hard work has been for nothing. I can carry on working in the knowledge that when necessary, which won't be for about 2 years, I will be able to both have a family and carry on working, even if only part time for a couple of years.