HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Joyce Laird
SVG Social services
I ’ m Joyce and at the age of 73 I graduated with a Scottish Vocational Qualification ( SVQ ) in Social Services for Children and Young People .
I started the course in September 2019 and shortly afterwards I was taken into hospital with pneumonia . By the time I got out , Covid had reared its ugly head and I had to shield for practically the remainder of the year , but between the support of my assessor and my husband , I got there in the end .
“ When I started I thought I was too old for College , but my teachers kept telling me that there ’ s no age limit to education .”
I loved my time at the college . I think there were seven assessments in total and when I got the last one back and I ’ d passed , I thought , you know , it ’ s been worthwhile .
I started the course as part of my personal development for my role as pupil support worker and am now considering other qualifications that might help me in my career .
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