""I actually think your reference to retail work as stress free and paid as well as social work could be construed as patronising.""
I didn't say "paid as well as SW, I said Social Care Roles, which it is".
I also said, mentally/emotionally draining, which it isn't. Unless your comparing abused children and disabled vulnerable adults, to tins of baked beans, which don't need a second thought.
As said, I've done retail work. I've yet to read P&L accounts, or stock sheets, or not having the brand that the customer wanted, that affected me, long after, or caused me sleepless nights.
I can also confidently vouch that those that work at McDs don't have the same emotional reaction to their work, as those that work in end of life care (which I've also done).
My DD runs MH units, she's had Staff leave to work at Aldi, they're much happier and better paid.