I am a qualified teacher, apprenticeship assessor, and quality assurance coordinator. I have carried these jobs out in the private training / FE sector for the last 20 years and tbh it is getting me down in the dumps. The jobs I do in these various businesses offer no staff training, no induction, and are quick to clamp down on you with no constructive criticism/help or support if something goes wrong, but no support to put it right. Everyone in the sector is constantly leaving within months of starting (it is like a revolving door). You are never paid on time and everything is really chaotic and disorganized. Along with bullying from the SLT team who, themselves, have barely done any work on the "coal face" of education. These companies see learners as a walking pound sign and there is no focus on teaching and learning, just an attitude of getting them through the course, so the business can get draw down the money for them from the government (I call it the sausage factory effect).
This has made me feel down and depressed as I struggle to stay at organisations who treat learners and members of staff this way. I have experience in Bid Writing, but find it impossible to get a job in this area as it seems to be very competitive and most jobs have up to 4 lots of interviews per job role, which I struggle to do while working. Ethically, I would not feel comfortable doing managerial jobs in the FE / training sector, not that I have ever been offered any (they normally go to the owner's family or people who have stayed a very long time (10 years plus with the company).
So, I feel stuck. I earn good money, but I hate my job or job(s) when freelancing within the education and training sector. I seem to not be able to get out of the education / training sector. I am in my mid 40's graded as outstanding a few years ago by Ofsted and feel like any chance of a career I remotely feel good in is passing me by. Does anyone feel like this? I can't really afford to retrain, due to having a family who rely on my income.