So twenty + years of raising a family in Sydney, working in healing and community and still I am struggling to rent a place that fits what's left of my family; myself a cute little grey cat and two of my teenage children. Ok I concede i have grown up in a part of Sydney that is privileged and increasingly expensive. I also concede that I 'chose' to care for my children as they were young and growing rather than pursuing a 'career' or work as I call it. Having gone to uni late and moved into working more than full time I now have an exceedingly healthy CV to email out to people and can boast a healthy number of workplaces in one week - 5, no 6 last count. Yes on any given week or maybe fortnight for the first six months of this year I worked across 6 different work contexts.
There was TaFE NSW (2 different areas; community and multi-cultural unit), a Sydney campus of one of the main universities in NSW, an Aboriginal Cooperative, and gosh I am struggling to remember the others but they are there on my CV. I have really enjoyed these workplaces even though as a casual teacher/lecturer/facilitator it is stressful work that appears to pay well at an hourly rate (between $67 and $150 hr), and I have learned so much from students and the various subjects taught. I am happy to say i have just landed my first permanent job in the public service with Legal Aid Commission in a niche area that provides services to women escaping domestic violence. Of this I feel very proud as it seems full circle in a couple of ways.
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