career advice for the 35 year old where do i go

[yellowsnow]

As the title says really i would like to work with people or children but don't know what do??
Maybe a counciler or Nursery work ?
Where do i find out what qualifications i need

phone your local college and find out what courses they run.
i too want to think about a job/career and i am 34. i am thinking of doing a nursing course, but it is a 3 yr course full time or longer part time. i also would have to do an access to higher education course first (which is 1 yr full time) as i have no A levels or equivalent qualifications.
i sometimes wonder if i am wasting my time and maybe i am too old as i will be 40 odd when i qualify. but apparantley nursing for eg, is a profession that takes on people at any age.
so i would say go for it. do whatever you want to do and if u are determined u will stick with it.

Thanks Millie34
i will maybe ring them that will be a start. I walked out of school with only two exam results i am not thick i was having a bad time at home and couldn't apply myself.
I would love to be a counciler and know i could do it.It will be a long slog for me i think i will need to get some A levels first maybe before being considered to be accepted on a course or get a degree.I find the whole thing scary to be honest

yellowsnow - u dont need A levels to be a counseller (sp?. i know my local college run courses for counselling and u defo dont need A levels.
i want to be a nurse, so i know its going to be a long hard slog for me. in fact, i well qualify when im 40ish. im not going to let this get me down though, my parents just laughed when i said what i was going to do because of my age etc, but i spoke to the lecturer at my college and the university where i will study nursing and they both said i am not too old and most students are mature, and are the most successful ones.

Yes my local college does counciling courses as evening classes too and lots of other access courses for care work including child care. They are short courses that prepare you for the full course especially if you don't have the qualifications required. For full courses they give credit for life experience of mature students and you may not need the full qualifications.