Research carried out into disclosing childhood abuse has found that just 58 per cent of the young people interviewed had their disclosure acted upon by those they told. Of the 203 instances of disclosure involving 60 young people, 117 were acted upon by the adult they told, the NSPCC research found. The study also finds that four out of five interviewees reported the abuse before they turned 18-years-old.
A new fast track social worker training course has received applications from more than 1,000 graduates in just one week. The Independent reports that Frontline has been flooded with applications since the programme opened last Monday, despite the profession coming under scrutiny recently following investigations into the deaths of two-year-old Keanu Williams and four-year-old Hamzah Khan. Frontline has 100 places available on the course, which starts next summer.
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