Barnardos: Huge instance of children suffering bullying and domestic abuse

CHILDCARE workers are seeing a “huge instance” of children who are experiencing bullying and domestic violence, a leading children’s charity has said.

Imelda Graham, training co-ordinator with Barnardos, said people who work with children on a regular basis may be familiar with the issues of bullying, domestic abuse and challenging behaviour — but not how to support a child dealing with it.

She said the issues were coming up “more and more” and that if workers were not trained to deal with it, it was difficult for them to know what to do.