The charity has been given £3.1m to to hire 15 specialists to abet those at risk of child sex exploitation – but working with the council and police is essentialWhen reading the headlines about Barnardo’s £3.1m windfall to tackle child sex abuse in Rotherham,you could be mistaken into believing this charity gigantic hitter is about to pick up the pieces of the public bodies categorical failure to investigate, safeguard and protect.
As the founder and chief executive of a small sexual abuse support charity, and I would like to make something clear – it is not now nor ever the job of Barnardo’s or any other charity,to police, investigate, or make up for the utterly devastating failures of a local authority in identifying and dealing with CSE (child sexual exploitation). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com