Staff failed to treat Rochdale sex victims as individuals

A social worker who failed to safeguard young victims of the Rochdale sex gang admitted there was a ‘culture’ of council staff not treating children as individuals. Deborah MacQueen allegedly failed to adequately safeguard up to 11 vulnerable children who were groomed by the nine sex offenders while working for Rochdale Borough Council. She faces a raft of allegations surrounding the 11 children from January 2005 to September 2011, which claims she failed to adequately protect children who were in…