by David Niven | Apr 14, 2014 | Media, Social Media, Social Work, Uncategorized
Guest Blog by Deona Hooper I’d like to introduce Deona’s blog. I’ve guested several times myself on other blogs and I know it’s good to hear different opinions from time to time, even if they are like minded. I have regular guests on the...
by David Niven | Apr 7, 2014 | International, Media, Media Training, Social Media, Social Work
As somebody that is always talking abut the importance of the representation of social work in the media, in whatever form the media comes in, I was very encouraged to see the social media feedback documented in the online version of Community Care Magazine –...
by David Niven | Mar 4, 2014 | Media, Social Media, Social Work
Compass Jobs Fair I’ll be speaking on the 19th March in Birmingham at the Compass Jobs Fair following ‘World Social Work Day’. It’s an event which draws together so many qualified workers and others looking for new challenges in a day...
by David Niven | Feb 24, 2014 | Media, Social Work
Today’s Guardian article in the social care network slot does echo so many things that I’ve been saying over the last two decades. It would be great to be able to see basic grade social workers talking to their local media, giving opinions on general...
by David Niven | Jan 30, 2014 | Children, Media
A shocking statistic in this country, and for that matter many many other countries, is the number of children who go missing every year. Last year with the new National Crime Agency being formed and having CEOP embedded in it there were several initiatives: launch of...
by David Niven | Jan 27, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Social Work
I was part of a child protection panel today on an online forum organised by The Guardian. I shouldn’t have been surprised but once again the numbers of people contributing who had grievances about the child protection system were considerable. It’s often...
