Today I went into college to discuss the next steps after my time at college, and on my work placement. This went really well, and I found it very useful and helpful, but at the same time, it has made me quite worried about the future, as it may seem that my options are more limited than I thought they were.
Personally I feel going to Uni to do another degree course would be a bit too much for me to cope, and a bit too much for me to get used to, and to become an actual art therapist, I would need to do a degree and a post graduate course, and also there aren't any jobs going for an art therapist right now. So now I'm thinking that it would be good to try and find a job where I can still help others using art, but will also have other elements to the job, such as being a teaching assistant.
Also, and the careers advisor was a bit confused when they looked this up, because I'm on a degree course, I'm a bit overqualified for an apprenticeship, so if I still wanted to do an apprenticeship, I'd have to pay for it.
So for the next step, I was advised to ask on my current placement if there will be any teaching assistant apprenticeships or jobs going there, relating to what I am already doing on my placement, which I will be happy to do, but I feel I still want to think if there are any other jobs other than a teaching assistant that I could use my artistic skills to help others.
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