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 | May 8, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, International, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work
Jim – “I have never ever met anybody in the safeguarding community who didn’t care about the people they were going in to protect” Jim Gamble brings over thirty years experience from the world of protective services and a strong reputation for...
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...
by David Niven | Apr 15, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care
All my career I’ve had a particularly keen interest in the situation of young carers. When I came across a situation where a child was looking after an adult it always struck me as a situation full of sacrifice and possible loss of childhood. It’s all very...
by David Niven | Apr 10, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Podcasts, Social Work
Initially I debate the current topic in the UK – should social services, especially child protection, be moved to the private sector? Julian Le Grand has created a storm by saying that services are inadequate and this would be drastically improved by...
by David Niven | Apr 8, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
What exactly is emotional abuse? The proposal to consider making emotional abuse a criminal offence is probably a good idea. It’s always existed in child protection matters as an ‘add on’ as any child who’s been subject to physical,...
