by David Niven | Aug 29, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, Media, neglect, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work, traffiking, Training
This is the article I produced for the Guardian online yesterday about the Rotherham report:- “When Alexis Jay talked to her report on Rotherham you could see and feel the emotion behind it. The very thought of hundreds of young children being raped , traded and...
by David Niven | Aug 29, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Media, Podcasts, Research, Social Media, Social Work, Training, Training Courses, Uncategorized
Three more excellent interviews from the Joint Social Work Education Conference at Royal Holloway, University of London. Firstly, Tim Kelly , Dean of Social Work and Community Education who Chaired the whole event, talks of his vision of social work. Then Amanda...
by David Niven | Aug 23, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, neglect, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
This episode has two interviews I gave on topical child care subjects. The first talks about the influence of Peter Righton , a convicted abuser who was influential in changing systems of care for looked after children in the 1980s and 1990s. There still could be...
by David Niven | Aug 18, 2014 | Children, Conference, Podcasts, Research, Social Work, Training
The second of this series features John Devaney, Director of Social Work Education at Queens University , Belfast and his co-presenter John Carpenter, Professor of Social Work from the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. John Devaney was 20 years...
by David Niven | Aug 7, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Media, Podcasts, Research, Social Work, Training, Uncategorized
The 16th UK Joint Social Work Education Conference and 8th UK Social Work Research Conference took place at Royal Holloway, University of London 23rd–25th July 2014. The Social World Podcast was there for its entirety and made hours of recordings for you. To...
by David Niven | Aug 4, 2014 | Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work
I was delighted to be invited to record many of the speakers at the 16th UK Joint Social Work Education Conference and 8th UK Social Work Research Conference at Royal Holloway, University of London at the the end of July 2014. It was a powerful and hugely educating 3...