Jobs for quieter people with a 'gentle' nature

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This is what I've been told I have, and I am accepting it as a part of me.
I'm currently looking at teaching roles as I have a PGCE, or Civil Service.
I've applied for an ECT role with a deadline of tomorrow, and I'm applying for border force and probation, also ACAS helpline advisor.
I have considered being an officer in a male prison as there's a good starting salary, but first of all I'm worried about the danger element. I don't want boiling water mixed with sugar thrown over me. Secondly, I don't know if I'm 'tough' enough for it.
Not long ago there was a thread on it here, and a female prison officer was complaining there were too many 'young girls' starting and often you needed a 'big bloke' to sort things out, so that put me off.
I know I passed the pgce but I'm worried I'm not strict and firm enough to be a teacher, though I'm willing to try.
I'm in my early 30s but get told I look younger, I'm just worried about not being taken seriously and being seen as inexperienced

I always wanted to be Miss Honey growing up, a few years into teaching I started to think Ms Trunchball might have had a point. In all honesty teaching is about being both characters as the moment calls for it, and being able to switch between the two seamlessly.

Massage? All types of therapy. occupational health?

What sort of jobs have you done up until now?

Librarian. Not just at schools but government departments and big law firms have “knowledge managers”. A family member works in a big government library and he and all his librarian colleagues are a very quiet and gentle bunch (went out for drinks with them - very sedate!)

You posted this previously.

Occupational Therapist/ dietitian/
Speech and language therapist? Any of these.

Working with animals would be my first suggestion.

Our school has senior teachers who are incredibly gentle but can really pull out firmness when needed so maybe some of that will come in time but I think it is needed for most teaching roles. I've worked in criminal justice, gentle isn't a key skill for that work, it's fine but you need to be able to hold your own with it and you don't sound like you can. What about academia or research? I suspect there are teaching roles for you but you won't be suited to many available posts.

The teaching profession is crying out for gentle and nurturing teachers. It’s the approach so many children need but it’s really hard to teach someone how to be that sort of teacher.

Yes, there's an old stereotype of library work being a 'nice quiet job'. This is not the case in a lot of public libraries!

I was a teacher for years. Quieter people can be really hoops in the classroom. Create a very calm environment. I was always a bit jealous!

Hiwver you need to be tough and resilient.

Prison warder and teacher don’t strike me as jobs for quiet, gentle folk.

How about being a lorry driver? Good pay and you only have to talk to people occasionally!

Reception teacher?

Definitely not prison.

Civil service advert out at the moment for 900 Executive officers. Worth applying, I’m a a civil servant and entered at that grade. Lots of opportunity for development / promotion and so much opportunity to move around internally for what interests you.

I am described very similar. I now work in a care home, it really suits me and its the best job I've had so far.

Teach in a private school or grammar

I wouldn’t have thought border forces or prison would suit you at all

Maybe a librarian or something with a lot of working from home

What was your degree in?

Crikey no to a prison officer role. That's the polar opposite to what you describe, it's not all 1:1 gently talky work in the slightest.

If you're definitely interested in working with people in prison or on probation there are still private sector and charity sector organisations who deliver contracts on behalf of HMPPS / MoJ to deliver rehabilitative services (accommodation, ETE, dependency and recovery, finance, benefit and debt etc. Perhaps a role in women's services would be closer to what you're looking for, but even so it has its (significant) challenges.

Admin role in a university if there is one near you.

Private tutoring.

Back office support in many places.

Every time threads like this turn up the usual suspects get trotted out, especially "just get a nice quiet job in the library".

Even librarians and library assistants (mostly) have to deal with (ever shrinking) budgets, crappy lack of resources, managers who think the job just involves reading books for a living...Oh, yes, and then there are the users, those infuriating people - therein lies most of the stress. The truth is, unless you're lucky enough to be able to work from home on your own in an artistic or creative pursuit that brings in enough funds to live, there's not really any such thing as a "nice quiet job" any more.

With regards to libraries - those suggesting this do know they're almost certainly going to be designated "warm spaces" under this government, don't you? (That's the ones they haven't already decimated.)

What about something like an accountant (though you still have to deal with people)? If you insist on staying in teaching, then something like peripatetic teacher dealing with children needing lessons in hospital, or tutoring, or other one-to-one, small group options are about the "calmest". Or a backroom function in the NHS, or something like a wellbeing or staff engagement officer, coder, or data analyst. (You still have to deal with managers though!)

PA, working with animals, library, research.

I'm probably similar to you. I work in the public sector, I work with data and entirely from home. I am quite social though and do work with others through teams a lot, but I dont enjoy big busy spaces or working with the public particularly

No to prison warder,even tough men and women have a high burn out rate.
Teaching,do you enjoy it?
Don't look at what others that no you are,look at your strengths and what you enjoy and go for that.
All schools are different,being quiet does not mean lacking in authority just finding your style.

Libraries, no! They are competitive, toxic places with lots of bullying.

How about occupational health, mental health assistant for a school, physiotherapy. Whatever you do, OP, you need a thick skin.