How to ask for a change in availability?
So I started working CTM just under a month ago, first job I've ever done, around the same time that I started at uni. I'm doing a foundation year, and although I only have in-studio/lectures 3 days a week (Mon, Wed, Fri), I'm commuting 2 hours to London when I do, so total of 4 hours minimum each day, and I technically have self-study/out of studio days the other 2 days (Tue, Thu), which my uni didn't tell me beforehand, and said that it would be good for students with part time jobs because we only have to be in 3 days a week. I'm currently working the 4 days I have (Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun) which adds up to around 31 hours, even though I'm contracted to 16, because my Co-op is really understaffed I guess. I was doing alright with it for some time but I'm starting to suffer a bit, I'm exhausted, getting sick more often and I don't have enough time to work on my schoolwork, and I definitely don't have time to relax/for hobbies and eat or sleep. So my plan was to change/decrease my availability during term time, and then pick up more hours (I could even do up to the 39 max) during holidays because that's not a problem for me and I do really want to work because I'm trying to save something extremely important.
I checked Logile and I can only override my availability at the start of November, which is in another 3 weeks. But tbh, I'm really struggling to understand how to use Logile to do this, and also to ask for time off for a couple days in November for a family thing (do I have to wait until they give me my hours to select which ones I want off?)
If someone, anyone, has any advice, I would really really appreciate it, and please be nice, I'm really just trying to work things out over here.
Thank you !!