I was lying in bed the other night thinking about assessments, visits and to-do lists and wondered what other job I could be doing instead? But when I started to think about it, I realised I've been fantasising and thinking about doing somthing else a lot recently.
I do love my job but just wonder is it worth the stress? sleepless nights? and also what else could I do with my social work degree?
any one else the same? or got any ideas about a new career?
Yes oh yes.......much as I enjoy my job, on a monday morning after a rotten commute and sat in the team's dull but necessary (apparently) governance meeting my mind will often wander to ideas of my fantasy smallholding on a (sunny, of course!) Hebridean island........
being a singer as good as Adele - never gonna happen for me unfortunately
Winning the lottery!!
Sorry everyone, but I love my job and would not do anything else.
Even if you won the lottery?
Selks: Even if you won the lottery?
Yes. You may think I'm joking. I'm not.
Great that you feel so passionate! I do like and value my job a great deal, but given the choice (and the money) there are a whole host of other things that I would want to go and do. Life's too short etc.
I have to agree, there are other things that I would want to do, quite fancy paramedic, counsellor, show girl!!!! Sadly the other half is not tooo happy about me re-training at this point!
always wanted to be a samba girl
redana: Sorry everyone, but I love my job and would not do anything else.
As above. I left my first social work job to go and pursue my dream job which I did for a couple of years but came back into social work because, you know, I actually missed it. Still, I'm glad I took the choices I did and saw that the grass isn't always as green as we think it is. Now, that thought keeps me going through the rough times (I'm lucky to have a great team and great management at the moment).
(I wouldn't knock back a lottery win but then, I don't play the lottery so it's not very likely!)
I also have to agree with redanna. As much as I moan about it at times, I wouldn't want to be doing anything else!
''Those who imprison themselves within the confines of one model only have the perspective of the keyhole''
Well, o.k, if I won the lottery I would do less hours and take more holidays, but I definitely would not leave.
If I was still in a front-line team, though, it would be a no-brainer.
all joking aside I had a bit of a meltdown 2 yrs ago and my family were on at me to change jobs but I couldn't think of anything else I would want to do really I do love my job, the challenge, the people just wish I could grow a thicker skin and leave the stress behind at the end of the day!
Problem is even if I win the lottery I'll stll want to set up a charity and define how social work should be done with it! Social work for ever and ever!
It's not just social workers who fantasise about other jobs. Sometimes I imagine myself going off and building boats or carving things out of stone, despite never having shown any particular aptitude for either of those activities! Perhaps it just seems like the opposite of sitting in an office staring at a computer...
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Like Redana I have never seriously wanted to do anything more than I want to be involved in social work/social care and for the immediate future would gladly settle for a first post-qualifying job.....however once that is achieved I have a small list of achievements I need to tick off:
1. Be an extra in a zombie film
2. Conduct an orchestra
3. Learn to fly a plane (if I can guarantee I won't crash)
4. Compete in a triathlon
Any more ideas? I may as well make it a 10-point list.
Selks: Yes oh yes.......much as I enjoy my job, on a monday morning after a rotten commute and sat in the team's dull but necessary (apparently) governance meeting my mind will often wander to ideas of my fantasy smallholding on a (sunny, of course!) Hebridean island........
Ditto the Hebridean Island...infact my 'dream' is to get a social work job on the Islands, so doing the same thing really just in a different place.
simeon3: It's not just social workers who fantasise about other jobs. Sometimes I imagine myself going off and building boats or carving things out of stone, despite never having shown any particular aptitude for either of those activities! Perhaps it just seems like the opposite of sitting in an office staring at a computer...
You don't need to change jobs to do those things- you just need to get a hobby. I love chopping wood and making kindling. I am very handy with an axe and it's very therapeutic.
5. have the time to' stop and stare' at the many beautiful but everyday things around me
6.earn enough to be comfortable - be able to have a quality life and not worry about paying bills
what do u think ? any good
Yummy:Yep, I fantasise about laying on a beach everyday, doing nothing but getting suntanned and sipping cocktails...oh and my hubby is a billionaire so I dont have to work... And then I wake up...
Look on the bright side. That is no lifestyle to covet.
The risks are that;
the constant sunbathing would do your skin no end of harm, the cocktails would encourage alcohol dependency, your weight could balloon and you would soon get bored with nothing to do.
Yummy:Haha very true redana
lolo: I was lying in bed the other night thinking about assessments, visits and to-do lists and wondered what other job I could be doing instead? But when I started to think about it, I realised I've been fantasising and thinking about doing somthing else a lot recently. I do love my job but just wonder is it worth the stress? sleepless nights? and also what else could I do with my social work degree? any one else the same? or got any ideas about a new career?
I think about this often, but what else to do? I couldn't go back to a mundane job, I want a challenging and demanding job and I love being a social worker but I dont love the dangerous and unmanagable caseload that comes with it. I've thought about re-training, possibly teaching, I dont really know what else, I'm probably too old to think about re-training