Absolutely not. As a nurse I worked 6 months in paediatrics and it was the child protection cases that made me decide not to continue in paeds. I found it too hard seeing children returned to unsafe situations again and again. The worst was a mother who was drugging one child, that child was removed from her care but the sister was left with the not her. It still makes me sick to think about it.

I admire people who do work in child protection but I don't think I would be able to work within the system.