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....
by David Niven | May 13, 2014 | Bristol, Children, Children & Social Care
I was really interested to read a report called ‘Beyond the Adoption Order: Challenges, Interventions and Adoption Disruption’. It was a 12 year study carried out by Bristol University, commissioned by the department of education and it analysed data from...
by David Niven | Apr 24, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Mental Health, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
In conjunction with British Association of the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) David Niven Associates (DNA) hosted This is my childhood; there will be no other. The conference tackled early intervention of the ‘toxic trio’ of...