what else can i do?

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I have a diploma in child care and education.
I worked in a nursery for 3 years, where i was head of room.
I am now working as a nanny and have been doing it for a year and a half now.
I just want to know what jobs other people do? I need some insperation on a career change (still working with/alongside children)
Are there any good courses out there?
I get bored easily and need weekly/daily challenges

Family support worker?

Level 4 cert in early years looking to move on to a management position?

Working in sure start centres?

Community nursery nurse?

Teaching assistant?

Maternity support worker?

Playscheme coordinator?

Which of those do you identify most strongly with for a start and maybe we can throw some more ideas at you and see if any stick!

It sounds like you don't find being a nanny very stimulating. What could change in your job to make it more challenging? Did you prefer the nursery atmosphere?

If you identify a career direction it will be easier to find courses to build your CV in that direction.

I'm a family support worker & just done nvq 4 in children& young people. Don't recomend either! FSW is 90% paperwork & being in an office. I'm looking at other options for after I've had my baby

sorry, not being from the UK originally, I'm not sure - you said you have a diploma in childcare and education. Is that the same as a degree from university or like a secondary school diploma where you did coursework in these fields? Just trying to figure out what other jobs would be available.

It's a level 3 vocational qualification, equivalent to (or used to be) 2,5 A-levels usually taken instead of A-levels.

Instead of taking a range of academic subjects it's 2 years focused on child development, practical childcare, placements in childcare settings, national frameworks for childhood education, some work on important theorists and approaches etc.

It qualifies someone to work unsupervised with children and/or have some responsibility for other staff and I think it's the most common qualification for 16 year olds wanting to work in childcare more info

It replaced the NNEB and itself is about to be replaced by the new Diplome for the children and young people's workforce.

Ah, ok. I see. Thanks frakkit
I was going to say why doesn't she teach if she has a diploma in education? But I can see it's not the same thing. Maybe a teaching assistant, then? Or a 1:1 learning support assistant?

Sorry, I'm a teacher - so that's the only suggestion I have

To become a teacher you would need to either do a Bachelor in Education (primary only), or another degree plus a PGCE.

It's something you could work towards, OP. The Open Uni are excellent and you could work/study and get your degree within 6 years. You can even do a specialised early years degree (although that may not be great for getting onto Primary PGCEs which can be v competitive and prefer degrees in Nat Curriculum subjects).

I know, as I've done a degree and have an MA (in the US) and I am a teacher. I just didn't know if "diploma" and "degree" were the same thing here. I got confused reading a lot of different threads on MN but now I understand and a lot of the posts make a lot more sense now .

But with your existing qualifications, I still think you could try a teaching assistant job or a 1:1 assistant.

Dont know if this is right or not but I was told, that apparently to be a Teaching Assistant you have to have a Teaching Assistants qualification, my NNEB wasnt enough?
Like I say not sure if this is correct or not?

How about a nursery nurse working in a hospital on childrens ward or special care baby unit or alternatively within a health visiting or school nursing team jobs tend to be at band 3 or 4 if a qualified nursery nurse.

I am a qualified childrens nurse and work as a school nurse, I have done a diploma in childrens nursing - this is now only available as a degree - 3yrs very very hard work like most degrees but unlike most degrees its 52wks a year with 2wks annual leave xmas and easter and 3wks annual leave over summer no big uni holidays. I then did a post grad degree in public health school nursing.

I also night nanny and proxy parent ad-hoc, usually odd nights and about once a year do a regular job for couple nights a week for several months - not a huge amount of night nanny work in my area and do have to travel.

www.jobs.nhs.uk - is place to look for nursery nurse jobs within health care.

Oh I have no idea majafa. I know that when I used to have a Teaching Assistant (looooooong ago and it was in the US as well) she had said she didn't have a degree.

I think most jobs would have taken you as a TA and expect you to top up your DCE with an NVQ in supporting teaching and learning in primary schools or similar, which will now mean doing the new diploma with the appropriate pathway.

Eastmids, I suspect, actually has what is now a DipHE (dilpoma of higher education) from before they changed all the names around...

thank you for your replys.
sorry it took me afew days to get back, works been busy.
yeah i was looking into family support work but there dont seem to be that many positions for it out there.
(i wouldnt mind the paper work NYMPHADORA)

thanks again for all your ideas