Never Hide Your Caring, Compassionate Nature at Work Again

There are people who feel the need to hide their true personality when they go to work each day. They’ve been told to keep their caring and compassionate nature hidden and instead focus on tasks, numbers and output. 

For those filled with empathy and kindness, this can feel like a prison. 

If you’re a caring person and want to find a way to let that true spirit shine through in your day-to-day work that brings fulfillment and meaning, you’ll want to look into taking an education assistant program or one of the many other courses in the human services field. Human services is all about people. It includes guiding others through coaching, assisting those with addiction onto a path of recovery, bringing joy to those with disabilities through everyday tasks and so much more. It is 100% driven around kindness, empathy and compassion. 

When you’re able to bring this kind of meaning to others and to your job, it’s impossible not to feel fulfilled. In fact, you’ll likely wonder why you didn’t make the switch to a job in human services sooner. 

Start with a Single Course to Create a Meaningful Change in Your Life 

It’s easy to feel a little uncertain about making a career change. Perhaps you’ve been working for a company that you feel sees you like a number, but you’ve been there for a while and it’s a stable job that you know inside and out. Walking away from that kind of background is a big decision, but you need not do it all at once. 

With a wide range of human services courses and programs from respected education institutions like Ashton College, it’s easy to dip a toe into human services training before quitting your job or committing to entire programs. This may include learning about work with seniors in a gerontology course, finding ways to adapt to learning challenges in Dyslexia training, exploring new treatments in autism courses, understanding behaviour modifications in RBT training (Registered Behaviour Technician) and appreciating how leisure activities and recreation can enhance life in recreational therapy programs. 

Exploring Options for Your Distinct Skills 

Taking individual courses can not only make the transition from your current job to your new career in human services a little easier to manage, it will also bring a number of other benefits. By taking a course at a time, you’re able to get to know that specific part 

of the human services field and determine if it’s the right fit for your personality and skills. 

For example, you may feel that your ability to take a situation lightly and turn it into a positive makes you ideal to work with children, but do you want to work with children on the autism spectrum or those with a variety of learning challenges? Perhaps you’ve always loved how movement benefits the human body and want to see how it can assist others therapeutically, but you also love working with seniors and listening to their stories. Taking a variety of individual continuing education courses in human services will expose you to career options that will help you make the best choice AND will also give you a more robust background no matter what area you choose for your career. 

Plus, because you’ll be able to take individual courses which are usually taught online at night, you’re able to continue in your current job and better budget for your education adventure. You will also begin to develop relationships with instructors and other students which will allow you to gain more insight into the various fields in human services. 

It’s time to stop holding back from your true potential and find the meaning you want in your work. Make use of the skills inherent in your unique personality and bring those gifts to others in the field of human services.

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