by David Niven | Nov 17, 2014 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, depression, Media, Mental Health, neglect, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, Research, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work, social work education, Training, Uncategorized, victim
Tessa Munt serves as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills.Tessa was inspired to pursue a career in politics by her grandfather who took up politics in his adopted country, Kenya, serving as...
by David Niven | Nov 13, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, law, Media, Media Training, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, Research, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, Training, Training Courses, Uncategorized
JSWEConference Part 6. Thoughts of newly qualified workers and social media in social work education. A final roundup of interviews from the conference. Firstly an interesting discussion with three newly qualified social workers from the University of Dundee, Leanne ,...
by David Niven | Oct 24, 2014 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, depression, International, Media, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, Research, service user, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, Training, Training Courses, Uncategorized
An interview with Guy Shennan, the recently elected Chair of the British Association of Social Workers. Then, a short interview I gave on the situation in Birmingham concerning stress in social work and its impact on morale and service delivery. Guy Shennan qualified...
by David Niven | Sep 30, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, International, Media, Media Training, Mental Health, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, Research, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, Training, Training Courses
RUTH SMITH is Editor and Content Director of Community Care, the multi-award winning information service for social workers. She is responsible for all content and digital products across Community Care, from the news website communitycare.co.uk to the paid for...
by David Niven | Sep 16, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, service user, Social Media, Social Work, social work education
An interview with Alan Wood, President of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services. Currently DCS for Hackney and previously Chief Executive of the Learning Trust credited for taking education in Hackney from the worst in the country to a position of...
by David Niven | Sep 5, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Media, Podcasts, Research, service user, Social Media, Social Work, Training
Three more interviews from the Joint Social Work Education Conference. Firstly Clare Parkinson,Lucille Allain and Helen Hingley-Jones exploring contemporary uses of baby and young child observation. Secondly, David McKendrick talking of a mixed method evaluation of...