by David Niven | Jul 14, 2022 | charity, Children & Social Care, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Podcasts, safeguarding, traffiking, Ukraine, Uncategorized, war
Barnardo’s Ukrainian helpline has been operational since March 2022 and now gets over 800 calls per week. Those calling have changed from UK families with practical questions to now, when far more refugees with complex reactions are asking for help....
by David Niven | Jun 28, 2022 | charity, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, education, government, International, Latest Episode, Media, Podcasts, safeguarding, Social Work, social work education, traffiking, Ukraine
Carolyn Housman is the CEO of Children and Families Across Borders ( CFAB) the UK’s only NGO with a dedicated international social work team, Children and Families Across Borders http://www.cfab.org.uk, which alerts social services and professionally assesses...
by David Niven | Jun 9, 2022 | Children, crime, Diplomacy, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Media, Podcasts, safeguarding, Social Work, Ukraine, victim, war
I talk with Professor Lena Dominelli on Ukraine. We talk of her new book ‘Putin’s War in Ukraine’ and the challenges of reconstruction and disaster management. She is a qualified social worker and holds a Chair in Social Work at the University of Stirling....
by David Niven | May 23, 2022 | charity, health, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Mental Health, Podcasts, Social Work, Ukraine, Uncategorized, victim, war
Professor Johnston Hong-Chung WONG is a welcome return guest. He co-founded —Social Workers Across Borders in 2005 and talks of social work in mainland China and Hong Kong. Since then, this ,mainly voluntary, charity, has responded to tsunamis, earthquakes and...
by David Niven | Apr 23, 2022 | adult care, charity, Children, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Mental Health, Podcasts, Social Work, traffiking, Ukraine
Raisa Kravchenko adds to more voices from Ukraine. She was, until very recently, Executive Director, Board Chair and co-founder in 2004 of the All Ukrainian NGO Coalition for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. It is a network of 118 Ukrainian local...
by David Niven | Apr 15, 2022 | Children, crime, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, law enforcement, Media, Podcasts, Social Work, traffiking, Ukraine, Uncategorized, victim, war
Professor Oksana Boyko starts the series of social work voices from Ukraine. As the war continues, she shares her understandably strong feelings and begins the reflection on the activity of social work in the middle of this invasion. This recording is of an interview...
