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We suggest that worker denial (of abuse, of harm to children, vulnerable adults and to self) may be rooted in both the anticipation and the actuality of direct work. It has two dimensions: cognitive and emotive. Cognitively, some social work assessments may ignore signs of abuse and trauma or reinterpret them. Emotively, denial represents a failure to recognise the emotional impact of the work. Listening to and/or reading graphic descriptions of sexual harms inflicted upon victims, children and adults is an intellectually and emotionally challenging task (see later). Perhaps the most serious consequence of worker denial is that victims may be left in vulnerable situations and offenders and offending may be ignored.