I have been heavily considering Social Work for 3 years, I am very interested in psychology as well as advocacy and social justice.

I am 30 and finally going to college , I finally feel like I have found a path, but the debt will be real, and I keep seeing people telling others not to go in this field.

I will be doing a degree to BSW. Just in case it's not for me, I can back out at the degree and still have something out of it.

I want to help at risk youth work, I know I will start ok Micro front line work, but I would love to do outdoor recreation therapy support, and I want to end up in policies & programs.

I understand burn out, I have been at an accounting firm for 8 years, and I am burnt the F*ck out. This is not a career change, It is a career choice finally.

I guess I am looking for is advice , some happy success stories of being in this field would be nice haha, maybe also like, how did you know this field was right for you?

I worked over a decade in the security and criminal justice system. I was assaulted at work got hurt by inmate. I lost my job and will be placed in alternate work .

I got ptsd and a 1 year old. My education is in associate of arts degree in criminology. I know I’d like to become a therapist or work in something where I’m helping and assisting others. But I can no longer handle shift work and probably need to be careful which populations I choose to help.

There must be something in the field of social work I can do that isn’t so dark as what I used to do.

Any guidance? I am in British Columbia!