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Career change and new skills and experiences

Priyã-Louan
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Priyã-Louan

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I'm turning 40yrs old this year and I have decided to change my career to train as a children's social worker. I am volunteering with Home Start to help and support families that need general support day to day, and I am learning new skills to support this.

I felt that learning BSL would be a great additional skill to have and hope that it may open up new doors in being able to support people, and hopefully also provide me with some new experiences to learn from.

I also suffer with tinnitus and I have a fear that my hearing may well go at a later stage in life, and my father is slowly losing his hearing, also. So learning BSL may come in handy on a personal level, also. 

Good luck to everyone who is taking on this course, whatever your reasons may be! It is never too late to take up something new and find new experiences :) 

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