Rani, 25 – Birmingham
After leaving school at 16 and years of working in retail, Rani has been enjoying her role as a Support Worker at a children’s home for over a year now and is currently studying for a Level 4 in Health and Social, Children and Young People Care.
Like many young people, she recalls not enjoying traditional education and left school at 16 with a handful of qualifications; one of which included health and social care.
Before finding the career she is now so passionate about, Rani spent many years working across retail and finally made the decision to leave to pursue so. While the pandemic resulted in fewer working hours in the sector, and Rani having to enrol on Universal Credit to help support herself as a result, she used this time as an opportunity to embrace her want for a career change - working with young people.
Rani found The Prince’s Trust Get Into Health and Social Care programme through a recommendation by her mum. She took the plunge and secured offers from all the employers she interviewed with on completion of the programme.
Having spent her summer holidays volunteering at an adventure playground managed by her auntie in London, Rani always had a natural affinity to working with young people and decided to accept her offer at the Cambian Group – working with children and young people with autism, asperges and other learning difficulties and has been loving it ever since!
Rani is thriving in her role as a Support Worker at the home and was most recently promoted to cover temporarily as Team Leader.
