It's all going wrong

[gracygrey]

Evening everyone,

Sorry to use this to rant but I was just settling into my coursework and practical work at the setting but it is all going a bit pear shaped. Basically all barr one member of staff has quit so they are employing 3 others to cover as none of them can do full time hours - this results in me being demoted from my paid play assistant role and dropping down to purely a volunteer for 16 hours a week which I am not sure I can afford to do . We are a very small rural setting and both my children have been there and I have been heavily involved since the get go. Could anyone advise if for my course, as purely a volunteer there to complete the course, I would have to do most of the things I currently do like prepare snack, do washing up, change children (I am CRB'd obvioulsy), set up outdoor play area, clean floors/toilets etc.. I appreciate it sounds like sour grapes but even though I have no qualification yet I have more experience than some that they have employed and I know all the families, children and the settings running inside and out and I have given them above and beyond workwise even doing website/leaflets/shopping/IT support etc..
I certainly don't want to quit my course, although it seemed an easy option, but I do not want them to use me for anything that they have paid staff employed to do.

any advice would be great

thank you