Who watches the kids during interviews? - what worked for you?

My hours will change when I find a job and childcare is my biggest worry. I have read a lot of threads here and could not find my exact situation. I am willing to trade favours. How long did subsidies take?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

Libraries and community centres run free activities that gave me a couple of hours.