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Protecting our hearts in a job where they're needed It’s like a running joke with social workers, that if you are ever sitting in a pub and asked what you do for a job, the words that are unlikely to come out at any cost are, ‘ social worker.’ Many a time I have sat outside of a difficult meeting or court hearing that I am about to go into and fantasized with my colleagues about what we would do for ‘ our dream job .’ All the classics are in there; an actor, a singer, a travel writer, a fashion designer (we don't all wear socks and sandals you know) but then we go in and we do the business that we came to do - to protect the children assigned to our care and ensure that everything is done to make sure they are safe.  Can I tell you the truth? I always really struggled to answer that question. And I struggled to join in the conversation about the pub, because honestly? For all of its challenges, sacrifices, stress and trauma - I couldn't see myself doing anything