David Niven Associates : Social World Podcast
I’m very pleased to have been invited on to the International Advisory Board that Tiong Chairs and , in this interview, he lays out the vision and the opportunities for the GISW at its five year anniversary.
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Robert Goodwill MP was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Education on 12 June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP...
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We talk of the future of Safeguarding Boards and what the new guidelines could mean following the Wood Review. These new arrangements...
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This programme is about the image of social work and social care. It describes an exiting new initiative in media training and has an...
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This time I’m looking at a magazine format with two radio interviews and an introduction to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
read moreDamien Miller is a Superintendent within Bradford District who leads on Safeguarding Partnerships. Within his portfolio he has...
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Since retiring 5 years ago he has chaired 2 safeguarding adults boards
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He is the Chair of the Global Institute of Social Work, was Co-chair of Commonwealth Organization for Social Workers (COSW), Past President of Singapore Association of Social Workers, past Regional President (Asia and Pacific) of International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)
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This is the first in a series of podcasts looking at the Bradford Safeguarding Children Board which I have the privilage to Chair....
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Sonya Chowdhury took over as Chief Executive of Action for M.E., the UK’s leading charity for people affected by Myalgic...
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Hello again. This programme features a short radio interview I gave on recruitment , retention and the reasons behind vacancy...
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Justin Humphreys is the Executive Director of Safeguarding of CCPAS. This Charity , formed in 1977, has over 8000 subscribing...
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Dr Ruth Allen joined the British Association of Social Workers as Chief Executive on 11th April 2016. She was previously Director of...
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Alan Wood has been asked by the Secretary of State, Nicky Morgan MP and the Minister, Edward Timpson MP to lead a fundamental review...
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The Government announced just before Christmas a review of Local Safeguarding Children Boards
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My guest is Michael Hames who I’ve known for 20 years and whom I worked with on several initiatives and investigations starting...
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This was our resolution following the Annual Conference of Independent Chairs of Safeguarding Children Boards. PROTECT CHILDREN AT...
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Hello again after the Summer! I thought I’d use this chance to reflect on a few of the significant events over the last month...
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Guest blog from Maggie Mellon, Vice Chair of The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Stand up for social work by joining...
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We talk of his commitment to child and family friendly health care and the background to this internationally endorsed initiative with its relevance to multi agency work in safeguarding.
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I talked to Alice Newton , the suicide prevention training co-ordinator for Papyrus, a national charity dedicated to supporting young...
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Representing over 1 million social workers world wide, IFSW has NGO status at the UN and represents the different ways that the...
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Following the general election I thought it interesting to hear about what’s happening in these two countries.
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Subtitled “Reflections from practice”a new book by Bill McKitterick that offers a fresh and innovative view on leadership for social workers and managers.
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The formal debate on mandatory reporting took place at the BASPCAN Congress in Edinburgh where a packed theatre voted substantially against the proposal initially and , at the end, still voted against but with a much reduced majority.
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John Devaney MBE, Director of Social Work Education at Queens University , Belfast who Chaired the Congress gives his thoughts on the success of the event. Then, to follow, Sue Berelowitz, the Deputy Children’s Commissioner for England, talks about new initiatives and improved chances to hear the voice of the child.
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Bharti’s passion to challenge the root causes of child exploitation and abuse underpins her leadership role with ECPAT UK, where she has overseen important changes to law and policy in the area of child protection and trafficking prevention.
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It certainly has been child protection week! With the Prime Minister announcing his ideas for professionals in child protection to be charged with ‘wilful neglect’
read moreWe should look to the person not the party when the dust has settled and the real work on the historic child abuse inquiry starts.
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