The biggest ever survey of frontline workers at Barnardo’s revealed that 45 per cent of practitioners said requests for support from their service had dropped since the UK went into lockdown in March.
A further eight per cent of respondents said a child or young person they had been working with had been turned away from services they are entitled to.
The biggest concern reported by Barnardo’s staff who took part in the survey was that children and young people are not being physically seen by professionals. Increased mental health and wellbeing issues was the next biggest concern, followed by increased risk of domestic abuse.
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