What should we know about moving to Thailand and finding work and schooling for my family?

So many people are looking to move to Thailand to live now ,so this is why Thailand ,unless your investing and providing jobs,Thailand isn't interested in jobs for farang ,as they want jobs for Thais and look after their own population 🙏🏼

Every Thai Embassy has the list of jobs reserved for Thais. You have to look for it but it’s there. All visa requirements are there as well.

You may need to research age care / disability homes and facilities specifically aimed at foreigners as that maybe your wife's only hope with her English language skills..

I believe these exist in Thailand but there are not many and the company would need to sponsor a working visa for your wife.

It's a long shot but at best but worth some investigation.

Or your wife may need to consider a career change to English language teaching as that's one of the few job opportunities available in Thailand.

But she would need to gain some kind of teaching qualification before attempting to find a job and again a work permit would need to be sponsored by any school willing to hire her..

Might as try to do massage

Not going to happen

Hilarious

If she is a professional caretaker/ nurse, there might be openings at facilities, who cater to Foreigners

Also, a lot of rehabs that are aimed for Foreign patients are working with professionals from abroad

"My partner is 45 and is a carer? Is there any English run care homes in Thailand she could work in?"

Not likely. Foreigners have a minimum required to salary to qualify for a work permit, and that salary is 2-3x that of a Thai person's salary. They will not hire your wife for what they can hire 2-3 other employees for.

"We have a 15 year old who wants to do hairdressing at college over there."

This is a restricted profession in Thailand, so even if they can find a school for it, they will not be able to practice it or actually work on this profession in any way in Thailand. It's only for Thai citizens.

"We also have a 13 year old daughter is there any schools you can recommend?"

Take note that school expenses are the largest for most expats in Thailand. Expect to pay over 1 million baht per year per student for good schools.

"We are looking for somewhere quiet but not to far away from a city/town is their any area you can suggest."

You should look for a home based on the schools you choose.

Pls don’t get demoralised, get there and a lot will come up

Your partner won't be able to do that job role I'm afraid and neither will your 15 year old as those job roles are for thai nationals only . Online remote work is all that's open for foreigners

Why not have your partner home-school your 13 year old and mentor you son into your existing business? I'd be mentoring my partner into the business as well. The best employment prospects for westerners in Thailand is going to be some type of remote or digital nomad type of work.

You need to settle on a couple general locations that suit you.

You got no chance. Thai people do those jobs ..

You'll need more research, those jobs aren't generally open to anyone not Thai.

I would suggest Ryong or Sirasha. Both busy Towns, near Bangkok, on the coast, international schools with large expat communitys but away from the Tourist hotspots.

I don't think foreigners can do jobs Thais can do, regarding your wife. And all the old farang men already have young carers, sorry GFs! 😅