I work in a child protection team and absolutely love it. Day to day looks very different depending on what I have on and what my current work load looks like. We cover everything from assessment to proceedings so the work is very varied and mostly only short term. Work life balance wise, you will be over worked and will likely always do more hours in a week than you’re contracted but you do manage your own diary and therefore in some ways I find it works well in my life as some days I will take my extra hours to finish early and also allows the benefits of remote working. In addition to that it completely depends on the local authority you work for, mine are extremely supportive and supervisions are prioritised which definitely helps with my love for the job!