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EnglishMum
  1/29/2021 11:13 EST

Hi,

There's a job vacancy in Jamaica I'm thinking of applying for.

I'm a single mum of a 7 year old. My concerns are crime and whether it might be silly to move over as a single parent?

My other concern is after school care. Do the schools run it, is it easy to book.

Is there anything else I should be asking before I start to seriously look into this? Thank you.

Iriestar68
  1/29/2021 14:57 EST

You should be asking yourself if you can live in the salary they are asking. Also, can you legally work in Jamaica?

No, schools do not do after school care. It’s up to you to get your child to school and home from school in addition to buying all uniforms, books and of course pay for school fees.

Where is this job located? Things are tough here right now unless you have money.

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