by David Niven | Dec 2, 2013 | Children & Social Care, Media, Mental Health, Social Work
Media portrayal of social work I’ve given media interviews today on both the radio and Sky News about an Italian woman who had her baby removed by caesarean section whilst detained under the Mental Health Act, authorized by the Court of Protection. The back...
by David Niven | Nov 26, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Child exploitation Once again child sexual exploitation is in the news. The final report from the national enquiry headed by Sue Berelowitz, Deputy Children’s Commissioner, found a serious situation. Not only are local authorities unable to fully deal with the...
by David Niven | Nov 19, 2013 | Children, Children & Social Care
Difficulties for young carers. Imagine you are a young carer and your mother with Multiple Sclerosis falls over and needs lifting and sorting. You and your brother are tired as she needed help in the night as well. Your dad left years ago and so there’s only you and...
by David Niven | Nov 1, 2013 | Children & Social Care, Social Work, Training
Disabled children and the relation to child abuse I strongly believe that safeguarding disabled children practice should be no different no matter what the circumstances are. Children are children and the right to a safe and high quality childhood should be the aim of...
by David Niven | Oct 25, 2013 | Children & Social Care
Child protection and Disability Child protection isn’t just about investigation and interruption of abuse. It isn’t just about working with individuals and families chronically locked into patterns of neglect. It’s not all about communication between...
by David Niven | Oct 22, 2013 | Children & Social Care
I’d just like to draw your attention to a few things that illustrate some of the concerns I’ve had in recent blogs. Firstly with regards to how children are influenced by the media, the other day police were called to a school in south Yorkshire after...
