Hey! Can I know whether your work as an Employment Specialist is a paid one or not as an international student?? If paid, is it enough to survive in the UK?
Hi Yami! That's actually a great question! Typically allied psych roles are in band 4 (that is, you earn between 25 and 27K pounds per year) , which is pretty low to survive ! (specially in London). This employment specialist one is in band 5 (between 28 and 30K per year), which is decent but of course not as high as other types of sectors (finance, marketing, etc.)! So the reality behind pre-qualified psych roles is that they aren't the highest paying roles by far, so I'd say to try and think of alternative sources of income in the meantime, If this is something you really want to pursue. Hope this was useful!
@mypsychjourneyabroad But can you have 2 jobs on a post graduate work visa or even a skilled worker visa?? If it's not too much, could you tell me what kind of other jobs are you talking about or are possible with the above mentioned visa types?
@@YamiVerma-mw5mt Hi Yami! With the postgraduate visa (the visa international students can get after studying in the UK), you can have multiple jobs at any skill level and can switch jobs during the course of the visa (which is 2 years), you can even work as self-employed :). However if you are still studying, you can only work for up to 20 hours as an international student, as you would be using your student visa to do it! As per other alternatives of income whilst doing an allied psych role, it could be anything! from online tutoring to being a 'wellbeing coordinator part time' for example, which is the one I'm in at the moment ( besides my full time one )! You can check my video on that named 'how to save rent in London whilst getting paid' if you like :).
Hey! Can I know whether your work as an Employment Specialist is a paid one or not as an international student?? If paid, is it enough to survive in the UK?
Hi Yami! That's actually a great question! Typically allied psych roles are in band 4 (that is, you earn between 25 and 27K pounds per year) , which is pretty low to survive ! (specially in London). This employment specialist one is in band 5 (between 28 and 30K per year), which is decent but of course not as high as other types of sectors (finance, marketing, etc.)! So the reality behind pre-qualified psych roles is that they aren't the highest paying roles by far, so I'd say to try and think of alternative sources of income in the meantime, If this is something you really want to pursue. Hope this was useful!
@mypsychjourneyabroad But can you have 2 jobs on a post graduate work visa or even a skilled worker visa?? If it's not too much, could you tell me what kind of other jobs are you talking about or are possible with the above mentioned visa types?
@@YamiVerma-mw5mt Hi Yami! With the postgraduate visa (the visa international students can get after studying in the UK), you can have multiple jobs at any skill level and can switch jobs during the course of the visa (which is 2 years), you can even work as self-employed :). However if you are still studying, you can only work for up to 20 hours as an international student, as you would be using your student visa to do it! As per other alternatives of income whilst doing an allied psych role, it could be anything! from online tutoring to being a 'wellbeing coordinator part time' for example, which is the one I'm in at the moment ( besides my full time one )! You can check my video on that named 'how to save rent in London whilst getting paid' if you like :).