by David Niven | Mar 24, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Guest blog by Jane Evans For too many years myths have existed about how children, especially young ones, are affected by living with chaos, fear and unpredictability in their home life. “They were young they will get over it”...
by David Niven | Mar 21, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Social work under pressure A massive rise in child protection cases in Coventry is another reflection of the pressure that social workers in children’s services are having to endure. The BBC have reported that following the death of Daniel Pelka two years ago by...
by David Niven | Mar 14, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Training
I have a lifetime of knowledge in child protection and therefore offer Child Protection training through my company, so I want to share my training experiences. Infant schools, primary schools and secondary schools are all sending staff to these courses and some...
by David Niven | Mar 7, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Faye Dicker of Freelance Bristol Mum and I discuss some of the headlines that have made the papers this week. Included are the risks and effects of older fathers, pushy parenting, drinking alcohol during pregnancy and obesity on the lives of children. These topics...
by David Niven | Mar 6, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Mental Health, Social Work
Many of us have heard of, or come across, foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and the way it effects brain development of a baby. It was discovered by two doctors in the United States in 1973 and the seriousness of the condition is directly related to the amount of alcohol...
by David Niven | Feb 21, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, International, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
I’ve talked in the past about identifying victims of abuse world wide and the difficulties inherent to agencies in that task. The International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) image database is a global sharing mechanism between law enforcement agencies...
