by David Niven | Oct 8, 2017 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Media Training, safeguarding, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, Training Courses
All my working life I’ve watched my profession defend itself in the court of media opinion. When you’re starting out there is some strength gained from an excess of idealism and enthusiasm. There were more times when you felt able to dream that your work alone...
by David Niven | Nov 25, 2016 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children & Social Care, crime, health, Media, neglect, Podcasts, policy, Research, safeguarding, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, social work education, Training, Training Courses, victim
This is the second podcast from the Bradford series. Shirley is a Consultant in Public Health for the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council and Chairs the Child Death Overview Panel for the Safeguarding Board. She was a hospital doctor and GP across West...
by David Niven | Aug 24, 2016 | Children, Children & Social Care, government, health, International, law, Media, Media Training, Podcasts, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, Training, Training Courses
Hello again. This programme features a short radio interview I gave on recruitment , retention and the reasons behind vacancy rates/agency staff numbers. Then my guest is Deona Hooper, based in South Carolina and the founder of Social Work Helper digital...
by David Niven | Apr 21, 2015 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, crime, government, International, law, Learning disability, Media, Media Training, Mental Health, neglect, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, policy, Research, service user, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, traffiking, Training, Training Courses, victim
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. John was 20 years a social work practitioner and joined the University in 2006. He is also National Chair of the...
by David Niven | Mar 5, 2015 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, government, law, Media, neglect, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, policy, Research, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, traffiking, Training, Training Courses, Uncategorized, victim
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’– carrying a prison term of up to 5 years if they fail to report a child in danger. The...
by David Niven | Feb 12, 2015 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, government, law, Media, neglect, policy, Research, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, victim
We should look to the person not the party when the dust has settled and the real work on the historic child abuse inquiry starts. We should remember those who campaigned for years to achieve this level of commitment to safeguard children and investigate institutional...