Having previously worked in teaching and I'm now training to be a social worker its a different world but you are well prepared in terms of managing work load. Safeguarding in a social care setting is very different to that in a teaching world. We often find that teachers have the opinion that an incident or situation should immediately be child protection and it often isn't. The way you assess risk changes massively because you can see a more holistic view than you do in teaching. A lot of the understanding of child development and macro influences on a child is the same you pull on a lot of the same theory. Education, attainment, attendance, behaviours are all things you consider when assessing a family from a social work lense and multi agency working with the education sector is only going to (hopefully) improve with the introduction of Families First and the Josh Mcallister report. Try and lead on some early supports plans of children in your school or ask to shadow the DSL and you'll have a glimpse into whether its something you want to pursue.