Where to work after a job in care

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I currently have a job in care with adults with complex disabilities. I enjoy my job, but because of a chronic illness that is making my life a misery, I need to look for something where I'm sitting down most of the day and not rushing around, bending and stretching, as this heightens my pain and exhaustion.

I've no formal qualifications apart from GCSE's. Dropped out of sixth form for a shitty job before I completed it.

What jobs should I be looking at?

It's been 15+ years since I've worked in an office environment, so I expect things have changed drastically. Call centre maybe, but I've done that and get no job satisfaction from it.

I love my job, but my body is telling me to stop and get something a little more easy going. I've also got an adult child with SN so shift work is out the question. I need to work around his day centre hours.

Care Coordination - doing rotas, care plans, booking in training sessions, would perhaps suit you. I did that, years ago, after doing care work (I eventually went back to care work)

Coordinator

Have you done any NVQs in care?
You could do a registered manager job in a care home with nvq5, or deputy/ quality and compliance in a similar setting without.

Do-ordination jobs are like gold dust at the minute here. I'm currently working on my lvl 3 NVQ. Hoping to finish it before I have to stop working in care.

I love my job, it came out of nowhere and I've taken to it as if I've always done it. Being ill fucking sucks. By the end of my working week I'm crawling in to bed and practically living there until my next shift. I've no chance of doing part time at my work place, as that would have been my first option. They'll just ship me somewhere else (local council) where the shifts won't be suitable and I'll have to quit.

*co-ordinator

Band 2 admin jobs within the nhs

I worked in care for many years and now work in hospitality on reception and I occasionally do restaurant, bar or even housekeeping shifts if I'm feeling ok, they're hard work though I do enjoy them.
Once you learn the particular system for the place you're working it becomes easier and although yes, you can be treated poorly by some people, it's still helping people and interacting with people, I enjoy both the corporate side and the holiday makers side and it's less physically intense than care, my experience though gave me a good grounding for it.

Admin for Adult Services?

Social or council housing where they have specialist housing, such as extra care schemes, older persons schemes or supported housing. Some providers have schemes specifically for those with learning disabilities. All your skills are very transferable for roles in those areas

Can you not look for social care officer jobs within the local authority? So similar role to social worker, just not qualified. We do visits in the community but not rushing about and quite often work flexibly.

I'll keep my eyes open for that sort of office based job. All I know is that I can't continue for years like this, regardless of how much I enjoy my job.