Speech and Language Therapy at 40

[SaltyCrows]

Hello all. I'm a linguist and getting increasingly worried at the impact AI is having on my work. I've been self-employed my whole working life and like being self-employed, however a recent experience with the NHS made me feel so grateful, and this set me off on a rabbit hole wander that led me to speech and language therapy.
Am I mad to think this could be a great new career for me?
The only thing putting me off is the massive fees 😔 I would have to relocate irrespective of where I do my training. I'm English but living in Scotland so zero apprenticeship opportunities here, but even in England, when I run a search they don't seem to have any apprenticeships there, either.
Anyway, just thinking out loud and wondering whether anyone has any thoughts!

I think it could be brilliant but from what i remember it’s one of the hardest courses to do

Hi I'm an SLT and I love it! But I'd say before you do anything regarding applying for courses you need to do some work experience. SLT can be an amazing career but a lot of the day to day is very different from analysing language assessments. The other thing I'd point out is that, I don't know how the job market is in Scotland at the moment, but the are very few jobs in most of England and new grads seem to be really struggling for work.

Thank you for this, I'd heard the same re jobs with regards to nursing. It's mad isn't it! Luckily being self-employed doesn't faze me at all so happy to create my own job. It's just the training is absolutely eye-watering. I've contacted my local hospital for shadowing opps so will see what that throws up!