Children’s practitioners to face duty to report sexual abuse

Staff and volunteers working with children will face a duty to report child sexual abuse they are aware of, the government announced yesterday.
Those who fail to fulfil the mandatory reporting duty face being referred to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and potentially banned from working with children.
Also, it will be a criminal offence to intentionally block others from reporting CSA, punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Government mandatory reporting plan
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