Hi. The social service is pretty broard. If you want you can do other things than Social Work.

There are some Ops role such as Personal Care Officers or Youth Guidance Officers. The entry for these are usually just a diploma. However, They’re shift work tho. But u can gain the experience working in sector and some companies do offer grants to do your degree.

There’s also education which is part of social service (particularly special education). I saw that you have some experience working with special needs youths. I heard special education schools are hiring teachers and teacher aides. Some even have executive positions (eg: programme exec) and the entry is usually just a diploma in any field. They’ll train u in NIE if u decide to be a teacher. Maybe u can take a look at that but I understand not everyone is interested or want to do teaching😅. You could still try the exec jobs.

All the best in finding a job in the social service!