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I really wanted to be an Astronaut
but there weren't that many openings
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for an 18-year-old girl with
not too many qualifications
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and ended up spending the next 38 years
working with psychiatric patients.
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Something I've always done and
something I've got a real passion for.
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You really have to be
a bit of a master of all trades,
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from everything from hands-on
nursing to thinking outside the box,
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working out different ways for people to get
a satisfactory life and an enjoyable life.
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We've had paddling pools blown up
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and people with their trousers
rolled above their knees,
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dipping their toes in and pretending
they're at the seaside for a day.
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You need a sense of humour,
you need to be dedicated.
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It's not a nine-to-five job
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but you'd be doing it with a team of people
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who love what they're
doing and who live for it.
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And I know Care Assistants who would
actually take quite a lot of the residents
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home with them if they could because
they've got that stronger bond with them.
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I would say that the most
important thing that you need
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to work in social care is kindness.
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To be kind, to want to look after
other people and to be nice to them.
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If you've got a willingness,
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if you love people and
if you'll fight their corner
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when they're unable to do it themselves,
then this is the job for you.