by David Niven | Oct 31, 2013 | Media, Social Media, Social Work, Training
“For a newly qualified social worker the landscape they’ve qualified into could not be more challenging” What does the world hold for a Newly Qualified Social Worker? Especially with the reputation that much of the media has accredited to the...
by David Niven | Oct 21, 2013 | Children, Media
Children in the Media Today I’ll discuss the representation of children in the media and the confusion, misunderstandings and profoundly worrying stereotyping that occurs which has a much greater impact than many people understand. The International Federation...
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 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 30, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Media, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
Sexual offences are not being prosecuted It’s come to light today that there have been at least 1,500 people cautioned for sex offences across England in the last year. This is going to be featured tonight on BBC Inside Out East Midlands, presented by Mary Rhodes. Now...
by daveniven | Sep 20, 2013 | Media, Social Work, Training
Social work and the media One of the things that I offer through David Niven Associates is media training, both basic creation of a media plan for individuals or organisations as well as a plan of what to do and how to manage situations in a crisis where your...
