My name is Anna and I'm a social worker with Barnardos. The reason that I do the work that
I do is because I think that it's everyone's job to try and make a difference in the world and to
improve the lives of others and particularly improve the lives of children. Emotionally I
carry the children and families that I work with with me every day. So at first I would
say child abuse and neglect did shock me but over the years it shocks me less and less.
But I think it's important that issues like this do continue to shock us so that we keep
remembering how important it is to help others and particularly to help children. Every family
who has a bad story, who has had impacts of trauma or has had bad things happen,
but they get the same emotional response which is what it should be. We should be
devastated to hear that that has happened to any child and I think that when people know about
these issues they do want to get involved and help to make a difference. So when we have good days
it's a day we get to celebrate with our children, with our families that we've had a success. I
think that I am really lucky that I get to wake up every day and know that I can walk beside some
families for a short period, and hopefully make a big difference in the life of a child