I'm a mental health professional in the NHS earning about 45k per year.
I don't want to work in mental health anymore: it's overwhelming and relentless and exhausting and due to a change in my personal circumstances, I simply don't have the reserves of emotional energy required to do the job ethically for much longer. I'm keen to leave the sector before I'm completely burnt out, so am exploring career change ideas. I have worked in a few different areas of mental health and am dual qualified so I know a sideways move isn't an option for me.
I need to earn at least 35k. No dependents to worry about.
I don't want to work in health or social care or specifically with vulnerable, distressed or disadvantaged people. I do enjoy helping people generally so am open to customer service type roles working with the general population.
I have zero aptitude for STEM/data/IT etc and am not keen to work with children but am good at and enjoy communicating and meeting with a huge variety of people. Very strong social and soft skills.
I can't drive due to medical reasons but am happy to travel by train etc if needed.
I would love to work in something outdoorsy/nature-based but realistically am probably not practical enough e.g. I started a horticultural qualification but really struggled with it.
Very interested in history and spent many years working with books. I thought about looking into librarian work but understand that libraries rely heavily on volunteers and paid work is hard to come by.
I'm a bit stuck and would be so grateful for any suggestions as to ideas to explore next. Thanks!