by David Niven | Jul 3, 2014 | Children & Social Care, International, Social Work
Today’s guest blog is from Dr Tuhinul Islam, a Bangladeshi Social Work Practitioner, child right activists, researcher and academic. Tuhin wrote in with his abstract and it gave such a fascinating look into childrens services that it had to be shared. I...
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 | Jun 12, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Media, Podcasts, Social Work
I attended the BASW UK conference and AGM and spoke at a workshop entitled ’embracing a media we love to hate’. It was an excellent day with up to 300 delegates helping to create a lively atmosphere and so I thought it a good idea to reflect on...
by David Niven | Jun 5, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media
This Podcast features Jon Brown as my guest. We talk of developments in child protection, the work of the NSPCC and the future strategy and digital importance in safeguarding children. Since April 2010 he has been in post as Head of Strategy and Development with the...
by David Niven | Jun 4, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care
Almost every day on the main tv channels we witness programmes devoted to our indulgence in food. Whether it’s a competition or an exhibition there’s always one to see. The sheer level of consumption is mind blowing. Add to that the saturation levels of advertising by...
by David Niven | May 30, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
Todays announcement by the NSPCC that over the last year cases of emotional abuse referred by them to Children’s Social Services or the police had risen by nearly 50% reignites the debate concerning the Action for Children proposal to introduce the so call...