As a family law barrister - no way. I did CP stuff when I started at the Bar but after XH assaulted DS2 when he was 2, I decided I couldn't do it any more.

My mum was a CP worker for a year in the mid 90s. The average life of a CP worker is 11 months in Victoria. She burned out in a big way.

Most CP workers, IMHO, are young, have no life experience, and aren't parents. So most of them have no idea.

You could pay me a million dollars a year and I still wouldn't do it. Ok maybe I'd do three months at that pay rate, but absolutely no more than that.

WARNING DO NOT READ unless you want to know what it's really like. It's in white - highlight it at your peril.

It's heartbreaking, horrifying, disgusting and unbelievable.
Once you've seen pictures of a six month old baby who's been raped by a broom handle...
Or a two year old who's got a fractured skull from being dropped head first down the stairs...
Or a 13yo who's on crack and pregnant...
Or heard the screams of a newborn withdrawing from methadone...


I'd never do it.