by David Niven | May 6, 2015 | adult care, Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, government, law, Learning disability, Mental Health, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, Research, service user, Social Work, social work education, Training, Uncategorized
“Self Leadership in Social Work” , subtitled “reflections from practice”, a new book by Bill McKitterick that offers a fresh and innovative view on leadership for social workers and managers.It’s a call for confident, skilled and...
by David Niven | Aug 1, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Training, Training Courses
Jane Evans, trauma parenting specialist, discusses the important issue of child to parent abuse ahead of Mirror or Mirage?: Is Adolescent to Parent Abuse a mirror image of Domestic Abuse, or is this simply a mirage? Are there cross-overs or contrasts between Parent...
by David Niven | Jul 17, 2014 | Bristol, Media, Media Training, Podcasts, Social Media, Social Work, Training, Training Courses, Uncategorized
Kieran is a media linguist and communication consultant. His PhD research explored the language of media interviews and he is now working with David Niven Associates to help analyse the negative portrayal of social work in British media. In this interview Kieran...
by David Niven | Jul 7, 2014 | Bristol, Media, Media Training, Social Work
Kieran File (PhD) is a Media linguist, Managing director and trainer at Reactive Sports Media and Associate media trainer at David Niven Associates. Kieran has begun working closely with us at DNA on the Social Work in the Media survey to analyse results and decipher...
by David Niven | Jun 27, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work, Training
TV and Radio interviews reflecting child protection cases. I often get approached to give these in response to negative stories as the former Chair of BASW; I feel they should be shared within the social work community to discuss the cases in a balanced view rather...
by David Niven | May 29, 2014 | Bristol, Children, Podcasts
Freelance broadcaster Faye Dicker founded Freelance Mum. Freelance Mum began life in June 2013 when Faye recognised the need to connect like minded women. A freelancer for years, yet mum for much less – she realised she had a foot in both camps & neither in one....