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I always come back to a thought in my head of,
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"I should have done this years before.
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This is what I wanted to do."
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I worked as a baker for
the best part of ten years.
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I wanted a change.
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I felt that there was more out there to do.
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A friend of mine just simply suggested
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''why don't you try doing what I do'',
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which is a support worker.
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I got the job, for a few years,
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became a house manager
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and then from there I got into
the training side of it.
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About twelve months ago,
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I realised that I had a significant
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gap in my knowledge which would require me
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to go back in time to when
I was doing support work,
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to gain my diploma in care.
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People's perceptions of what this line of work is
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can sometimes be very inaccurate.
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People think that potentially they might
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be having to do a lot of personal care,
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they might be having to work
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with a lot of challenging behaviour.
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The reality is that the rewards
far outweigh concerns
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you would have when getting
into this line of work.
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One of the individuals that I support.
He attends his art class.
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It gives them the opportunity,
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the platform, to express themselves,
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to do something they enjoy doing.
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If you want to progress,
then there's plenty of options.
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People will always need support workers.