DEDICATED MUM FINDS PERFECT JOB FOR BALANCE
WANTING to spend time with her young family was a big motivator when it came to transitioning roles, a QFES fire communications officer said.
Chelsea Henning and her partner Jack, with their eight-month-old son Braedy, relocated to Toowoomba from the Sunshine Coast last year, after Mrs Henning made the decision to find a career she loved that offered a flexible work/life balance.
After previously working as a police officer and then within government roles, Mrs Henning knew she wanted to return to emergency services.
“After having my son, I didn't want anything that was operational or put myself at risk,” she said.
“This was a happy medium between still working in emergency services, but I get to go home to my son every day.
“Instead of doing a Monday to Friday job and having my son in daycare the whole time, this job gives me the flexibility and means I get to spend more time at home with my son.”
Mrs Henning, who said she easily became bored, loved the differences between each day.
“You don’t get the same job every day, and the jobs you get throughout the day wont be the same,” she said.
“You could start with an RTC, you could have a hazmat incident, and recently we have had the swift water rescues.”
Mrs Henning said the nature of the job was always worth it in the end.