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 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...
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 14, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Training
I have a lifetime of knowledge in child protection and therefore offer Child Protection training through my company, so I want to share my training experiences. Infant schools, primary schools and secondary schools are all sending staff to these courses and some...
by David Niven | Mar 10, 2014 | Social Media, Social Work
I was really pleased to be invited on to Jonathan Singer’s Social Work Podcast – one of the leading social work podcasts in the United States. Jonathan is an assistant professor of Social Work at Temple University and a licensed clinical social worker who...