I started working in care at the age of 22, worked 7 years in a nursing home and was trained by the matron to go on to do my nursing degree unfortunately a new job apeared in security which was paying more money and i had a young family to look after .So i did not take the course but had the trainig which has helped me a great deal in my care assistant role.I then worked for allied medicare for 5 yrs as a supervisor working in the community setting up care plans and introducing new survice users to to their new carers and following up on the progress.After they closed down .i then worked for scope for 3 years in mental health and worked with a broad spectrum of mental health .Started working in domaciliary care for 2 years. then went back into a nursing home for 2 years and now i have been back in the community for 1 year,But with all this experiance i think its time to go it alone . I feel i have much more to offer to service users than a genral carer.in all my current jobs i have won awards for best carer and had promotions constanly , but i really think i could go it alone now with all my years of experiance.