by daveniven | Sep 16, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Social Work
Children I did an interview with BBC Radio Ulster this morning concerning the developing arrests and cases of child sex abuse occurring there at the moment and the conversation kept focussing on children in care homes (who did make up a great number of those young...
by daveniven | Sep 6, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
I’m looking forward to hearing views from a consultation that we are convening in the South West of England to consider the national action plan to tackle child abuse linked to faith or belief. It sets out actions decided on by a Working Group chaired by the...
by daveniven | Sep 3, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Social Work
The number of children identified by the UK human trafficking centre who are victims in the UK rose by 12% its still over 2000 identified victims. Although social workers and others are aware of the terrible circumstances that some children find themselves in,...
by daveniven | Aug 29, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Media
Images of children in the media Looking at the coverage of the atrocities in Syria has made me think once again about the representation of children in the media. More often than not the national media portrays children either as devils or victims. Those living in...
