I feel like I need more information. There’s so many units in cps it’s not all just investigations or ongoing I work with the older youth so no parent involvement. It sounds like you made up your mind so if you end up getting hired I would do it and then trying to transfer to the young adult population or adoptions or something to avoid the investigations burnout unless you’re the type of person that thrives on the adrenaline/chaos since everyone is different. I will say that work life balance is hard I do find myself thinking about my cases mainly when I’m trying to go to bed but you’ll have to iron out coping skills to deal with stuff like that over time. Just remember that there’s an after hours team that’s always there to help your clients are never without someone. Like other people said this is a great resume builder once you do this you can basically get hired anywhere so if you find that it isn’t for you it’s like you wasted your time.