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 13, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Podcasts, Social Work, Training
David Akinsanya is a successful campaigner for Looked After children. The reason for his work is due to his complex and troubled story. David was brought up in care and consequently experienced many troubling events. My interview with David discusses these events and...
by David Niven | Mar 11, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Social Work
No matter how much thought, compassion and people hours that are put into working with young people in care, it’s still regarded by the general public as a rather grey area. Some of the public just think that these young people are victims exclusively. So...
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 | Feb 20, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
An interview with an old friend of the programme Jane Evans who is speaking at ‘This is my childhood’ conference. We discuss trauma in childhood, parenting styles, domestic violence, mental health and substance misuse. These areas are all vitally important...
