by David Niven | Jan 13, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
Today I am looking at historic abuse. On the day that the public inquiry is launched in Northern Ireland called the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry (HIA) looking at allegations dating from 1922 to 1995. I read that 434 people have contacted the inquiry to...
by David Niven | Jan 2, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
This is my childhood; there will be no other Domestic violence, substance misuse and chronic mental health problems are together a toxic environment for very young children, the professionals who have to judge their safety often need more support themselves in...
by David Niven | Dec 31, 2013 | Child Abuse, Conference, Podcasts, Social Work
John Devaney Director of Education, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Queens University Belfast and Chair of British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) discusses child protection and early childhood development. BASPSCAN...
by David Niven | Dec 20, 2013 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
This is my childhood. There will be no other. I am delighted to announce that ‘This is my childhood’ will be on the 4th April 2014 in Bristol. Key note speaker Dame Tessa Jowell. ‘This is my childhood will be presented in conjunction with the British...
by David Niven | Dec 13, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
Are we any closer to breaking the cycle of violence? Acts, threats, depictions and celebrations of violence are still chronically part of the lives of many families. The overt and covert exposure of children to it guarantees the behaviour of future generations. Here...
by David Niven | Nov 29, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Who are the excluded and the invisible in our country? Not long ago walking in Bath I came across the excluded and invisible in the course of one day when all the stories and scenes I saw were full of damaged or despairing people. In the morning I was the guest on a...
