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Special Needs Assistant Course

  • 10-11-2008 6:16am
    #1
    olive.gold
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hope someone can help with this query, i am considering doing a SNA course but i have heard that is little chance of gaining employment in the future. It seems that due to cutbacks and perhaps an oversupply of people with this qualification there are few openings.
    Should i do the course and have it under my belt and try and get some volunteer work or should i just forget the idea?
    I am reluctant to shell out money for a course if the prospect of getting a job within 6 months is hopeless.
    I would love to hear from people who have completed an sna course recently.


Comments

  • #2
    hayser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 394 ✭✭hayser


    I'd recommend you do the course & have it under your belt. It is a really worthwhile career. However there is around a 99% chance you won't get a job in the first 6 months after finishing the course so perhaps you could temp or work part-time until you can get a job? Also you should know that the job goes from year to year in most schools so it's not the most secure of careers.


  • #3
    peanuthead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    hayser wrote: »
    I'd recommend you do the course & have it under your belt. It is a really worthwhile career. However there is around a 99% chance you won't get a job in the first 6 months after finishing the course so perhaps you could temp or work part-time until you can get a job? Also you should know that the job goes from year to year in most schools so it's not the most secure of careers.

    +1

    it's hard to get permanency with this job, but do the course anyway, definitely.


  • #4
    olive.gold
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭olive.gold


    Thanks Hayser and Peanuthead for the advice. I ve decided to do the course.


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