The investigation, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, revealed that there is a wide variation in response between and within children’s social care services to young people aged 11 to 17 who have been maltreated.
The Safeguarding Young People research examined the neglect, emotional, physical and sexual abuse of young people aged 11 to 17 in England.
It found that there is a lack of services especially for 14- to 17-year-olds who have been the victims of abuse or neglect.
The report authors also found that professionals often perceive young people as being more resilient and more able to cope with the effects of abuse as well as more able to remove themselves from abusive situations, although this view was not supported by the young people involved in the study.
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