I currently work in finance. I'm so sick of working just with numbers and spreadsheets. I want to work with people. Unfortunately I'm 45 and only have GCSEs so I'll need to restrain, probably. That's fine but I don't want to commit to retraining, and try and enter the workforce at 50 or so unless I'm sure of direction. So I'm looking for inspiration, please. I really would love to do mental health nursing but with young kids and a husband that works long hours I don't see how I could do the long shifts really (although nights would probably be ok!)
The other difficulty is I have 9 year old twins and not much support. The only thing that's kept me in my job this long is they're flexible. I currently WFH 4 days a week from 9-3 and 1 day in the office. So I still manage school runs, they also let me fully WFH in the school holidays and I tend to start at 7am then so that I can finish at 1 and entertain the kids in the afternoon. I could utilise breakfast/ after school clubs but Ideally not everyday.