I’ve come to the conclusion that I absolutely need to get out of working in education. I work directly for the LA in SEND and in the 4 years I’ve worked there, it’s got worse and worse to the point that I’m embarrassed to work for them! I can’t get any of the children the support that they need and morale at work is ridiculously low across the whole team. I sort of work as a manager but I don’t have a manager’s title or pay and I hate it, it’s the biggest mistake I’ve ever made. I love the children and their families but that’s becoming a smaller part of my job and like I said, I’m forced to let them down daily. I’m on anti depressants and since I started them a year ago and told my line manager, they’ve checked up on me once 2 weeks after and that’s it. I’ve raised my concerns over and over again and I’m told that I’m wrong to feel that way. It’s also a really isolated job as I travel around much like a health visitor. I can’t return to a school though as they wouldn’t be able to afford me in this climate.
So please help me to figure out what I can do next!
I’d love to be a Speech and Language Therapist or Educational Psychologist but I can’t afford to go back to Uni. Actually, there’s loads of things I’d love to do and be good at but they all require a different degree to the one I have (Education with SEND).
I need to be active and I also love data and writing but I know these things aren’t necessarily compatible 😂. I need to work with colleagues that I can chat to during breaks etc. I don’t really want to work in a caring/ social capacity, not because of the people but because of the lack of funding everywhere. Being on medication for depression also precludes me from working in certain areas such as the police for example.
I’ve looked on all the jobs sites but everything seems to be sales (I’d probably end up taking pity on people and giving them things for free!), care (done that and it’s too badly paid) or engineering which I’d love but requires a degree.
Is there anything I can do before I go insane??