Yle investigation: Child welfare workers face verbal threats, physical violence
A recent report shows almost 80 percent of employees in child welfare institutions experience violence at work.
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An Yle investigation has found that the threat of physical and mental violence at work is leading many child protection workers to take prolonged sick leave or quit their jobs.
An incident at a Kallio reception centre for urgently placed youth last week shocked several child protection workers to such an extent that they subsequently contacted Yle.
A 14-year-old boy was brought to the facility late at night by police due to aggressive behaviour, and he was met by a male employee working the night shift.
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A 20-year-old man who was caught with more than 2000 images and videos of child pornography has breached the terms of his suspended sentence by failing to report a new Snapchat account on time.
Rhys Jaden Friend was sentenced in September last year after pleading guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material, the Maroochydore District Court heard on Tuesday.
He was sentenced to three years probation for possessing child exploitation material and was given one year in jail, wholly suspended for three years for distributing child exploitation material.
A conviction was recorded for the distribution of the material but not the possessing.
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