A survey by the British Association of Social
Workers (BASW) and the NSPCC shows that half of all social workers are
concerned about dealing with online sexual abuse or behavior and need more
training. Key figures include:
- Almost half (49%) of social workers said that 25% of their sexual abuse cases now involve some form of online abuse
- A third (34%) of social workers said they were not confident understanding the language used by young people online
- 47% said they were not knowledgeable about how young people communicate via social networking
- 36% felt they did not know the right questions to ask to identify and assess online sexual abuse
- 30% said they did not feel confident dealing with child protection sexual abuse cases using the internet
- 50% say they don’t know what how to recognise the signs of the online sexual abuse of children
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