by David Niven | Oct 17, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children & Social Care, Media
The way the media covers missing children The focus of the worlds media again being on Madeline McCann makes me think again about children missing in the UK in general and how the media treats them. Her disappearance is a continuing tragedy and I hope that it has...
by David Niven | Oct 14, 2013 | Children, Children & Social Care, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
I’d like to talk a little bit about the needs of disabled children who have, of course, exactly the same human rights to be safe from neglect and abuse and be protected from harm in the same way as their non disabled peers. We know that research has shown that...
by David Niven | Oct 9, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children & Social Care, Social Media, Social Work
Media & care of the elderly Several things today caught my attention. I had been contacted to do some media interviews about Tracey Connelly being recommended for release by the parole board, ruling that she’s no longer a danger. The source of the media request...
by David Niven | Oct 7, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work, Training
Children in court The judicial system in this country is in serious need of an overhaul, especially where children are the witnesses. The NSPCC published research to show that last year in England and Wales there were 23,000 reported cases of child sexual abuse and...
by David Niven | Oct 4, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Social Work, Training
Children and social workers I have done many radio interviews and some television over the last few days about the terrible tragedies of children who have died at the hands of their parents and nothing takes away the question ‘could any more have been done?’. Every...
by David Niven | Sep 25, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Social Work
Child Protection Very interesting article in the Guardian online Social Care Network by Nushra Mansuri BASW’s professional officer – here – all about the recent ruling by Lord Justice Munby allowing a father to post a video of social workers...
