Aibu to move on from teaching?

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Hi, thanks in advance for reading. I've been a teacher for 17 years but feel I have reached my limit with it and it's making me feel unwell and takes up so much of my headspace! My DH is fully supportive of me leaving and we have worked out I need to make about £1000 a month for us to manage. I just have this horrible niggling feeling that I'm going to really struggle to find a job but the notice periods for teaching are so long that I'd have to leave before securing something. I'm a very insecure and self-doubting person so my inner voice is saying 'you'll find nothing, no one will employ you in a different field as you're so inexperienced, supply teaching won't pay enough, you will leave the family short of money etc.' What do you think the job market would be like for someone like me looking for a 1k per month job and is there much work about? I seem to do well as a teacher so my references should be good and I'm open to a range of job types e.g. supply, admin, education services and, at a push, hospitality. I live on the East Coast but can access Norwich easily enough. Thanks so much.

It's for SEND information service, is case load based but the benefits that comes with this particular council were inviting. I was shocked to have been selected to be honest but now really excited to start. There was so much flexibility too, something you just do not get with teaching.

I left primary teaching and am now a SEND Lecturer in FE. I work across groups (small) so no tutor group responsibility, I get 2 full mornings admin time and an additional 2h 45 each day. I teach employability skills, community engagement and independent living skills which I really enjoy and compared to teaching Year 6 it's a doddle. My workload is easily manageable, I never work from home, or stay late. I'm trusted to do my job and I'm not micro managed. Its a breath of fresh air after primary teaching! I took a 8k pay cut but am still earning a comfortable wage and there's way more opportunities for progression should I want that.

I'd say £1000 a month is pretty achievable. I do a part time (50%), low grade admin job and get £1000 a month.

In Norfolk you often seeing educational roles at the museums/ cathedral etc. also you could get a job with nhs as educational mental health practitioner - Al training provided on the job. But supply/ tutoring seems a good start whilst you catch your breath. Are you secondary or primary?

If you only need to make £1000 a month, could you consider tutoring? I'm not sure about where you live, but where I live there is a huge demand for tutoring. Charging £25 an hour, you'd only need 40 hours a month, or 10 a week to make £1000. You will fall within the tax free allowance. You could supply for a few days a week while you're building up your client base; once you're established, word of mouth is the best way to get clients.