I’m a Bsc Psychology and Counselling final year student, , and if it helps any, I have a Certificate in Counselling skills. All of my past work experience has been with kids and I’ve adored it. It makes me so sure I want to work with young people, even if my wage ends up shit.
Right now I’m applying for a load of jobs on GoodMoves, like Support Worker and such, but wondering if you guys had any recommendations?
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Educational mental health practitioner? Pastoral / welfare roles in schools or colleges?
I am biased, but perhaps look into social work too. The two year MA course has a possibility of a bursary, and your university might offer an alumni discount. Social worker is a protected title and can open up opportunities in a lot more caring/help roles. There are also step up to social work programmes that provide a salary but can be harder to get on.
Your degree isn’t useless. IMO one of the biggest holes in the higher education system is the lack of education students get about what a degree actually is. There are countless posts all over Reddit and the internet where any non-STEM degree is “useless” and it shows that young people come out the other end of college/uni with zero meaningful understanding of what their skills mean in practice.
Your degree isn’t useless. Look at working with homeless young people, that’s a rewarding option and not enough caring people do it.
Some of the happiest people I have ever met are refuse collectors. Do it for a few years and write about the characters you’ve met on the way. Plus they start early so you could be in the pub by 4.
Do a PCGE work with little people, primary school, done it, still doing it, love it!
Social work. A lot of people I know in social work did degrees in psychology/sociology first. You can do an MA in social work and get funding from the NHS.
Why not become a therapist / counsellor?
The pay is pretty good with private clients.
What hobbies do you have? What would you like to do in life apart from psychology? The reason I ask, is some jobs find it useful to have psychology degree even if not at all related.
Mind UK very often advertise Mental Health Navigator Roles – Google it and see if they have any in your area
No degree is useless. I did Genetics, now I work in IT.
Only you can decide whether you want a job in the field you studied but, even if not, being a graduate (of literally anything) is an accomplishment which says a lot about you to any sensible employer.