And well lesson 1 in social work - people who are training to be a social worker should not be those with a personal background in the field....... They have strong beliefs - too strong to be flexible which is what is needed in the field.
Funny you say that, I thought long and hard about going into that myself but decided that I would not be able to work within the constraints... not a chance in hell of that! At the moment, I'm in the middle of doing Dip. Counselling... but right now, second guessing on that too. Not sure that I'm going to be able to control my own values and biases.... although, thinking of completing it because I started it. I may or may not do something with it and there are a lot of different avenues I could take anyway and not my original thoughts and reasons for getting into it. Mine, were VERY much like yours... save other kids from the same fate etc.