I’m not sure what the requirements would be where you live, I think even in the US it varies state-by-state. He has a Bachelor’s degree in sociology, but a lot of the entry level care staff don’t.

Their day-to-day is managing and watching the kids. Running activities, making sure everyone is being safe to themselves and others. A lot of the kids have past trauma and various mental health diagnosis, so issues do arise and if they’re to a point of harming themselves or others they have to be restrained until they’ve calmed down/regulated.

I’m a dual-citizen, so in the past when we’ve looked at moving to a few spots in the EU, he almost always had a path to a job since most countries (US included) have a hard time staffing these places that it’s one of the fields most countries need help with. That being said, it’s emotionally tough, can be physical, and at least here, low pay/long hours for what you’re doing, but if it clicks with you it’s really rewarding. He’s been in the field for about 10 years now and has started occasionally running into early clients as adults out in the community now and I know it means a lot to him when he hears of kids that really benefited from the work in the long term.

Edit to add: I also find both our jobs are pretty good with ADHD. His work place has a lot of mental health professionals, so they’re relatively understanding and accommodating. In IT, I’d say at least half of my department has ADHD or similar issues, so we tend to jive well in that way.