by David Niven | Jun 5, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media
This Podcast features Jon Brown as my guest. We talk of developments in child protection, the work of the NSPCC and the future strategy and digital importance in safeguarding children. Since April 2010 he has been in post as Head of Strategy and Development with the...
by David Niven | May 22, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, International, Media, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work
I highlight the future interviews scheduled for the programme including Dame Tessa Jowell. – Privatising child protection services – I reflect on the Children’s Minister Edward Timpson’s latest comments on the current issue about the...
by David Niven | May 15, 2014 | Children, International, Media, Podcasts, Social Work
David Jones talks about the origins of The Global Agenda for Social Work and the work it is completing during our interview. A common theme throughout our discussion is promoting the voices of front line staff and how we can spread good news stories. By doing so we...
by David Niven | May 1, 2014 | Media, Podcasts, Social Media, Training, Uncategorized
I’ve included an interview from The Media Show on the BBC for you. We discuss adoption and surrounding topics as well as, in my view, the hugely important subject of media representation of social care. We need to stop confusing confidentiality with secrecy and...
by David Niven | Apr 28, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Media, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
I remember in 1997 standing in Scotland Yard with the then head of the Paedophile Unit watching the arrival of a large furniture van filled with explicit material seized from just one house. He explained that tracking and catching paedophiles was – in his words...
by David Niven | Apr 23, 2014 | Children, Media, Social Media, Social Work
The television company True Vision that made Channel 4’s ‘15,000 Kids and Counting’ told me this morning that following the three one hour programmes they made on adoption – that took them 2 years – a huge increase of people contacted the...
