by David Niven | Mar 25, 2014 | Social Work
There has been new guidance issued from the Care Council for Wales in a document that seems to cover all areas of social work activity and underlining how social workers have to comply with codes of practice and behaviour in their work. A quick read seems to suggest...
by David Niven | Mar 24, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Guest blog by Jane Evans For too many years myths have existed about how children, especially young ones, are affected by living with chaos, fear and unpredictability in their home life. “They were young they will get over it”...
by David Niven | Mar 21, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Social work under pressure A massive rise in child protection cases in Coventry is another reflection of the pressure that social workers in children’s services are having to endure. The BBC have reported that following the death of Daniel Pelka two years ago by...
by David Niven | Mar 17, 2014 | Social Work
Tomorrow is World Social Work Day and I can”t think of a more opportune time to consider the challenges and the landscape of the future for how social workers are perceived and how social work is regarded as a profession. In the UK it still feels like an uphill...
by David Niven | Mar 13, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Podcasts, Social Work, Training
David Akinsanya is a successful campaigner for Looked After children. The reason for his work is due to his complex and troubled story. David was brought up in care and consequently experienced many troubling events. My interview with David discusses these events and...
by David Niven | Mar 11, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Social Work
No matter how much thought, compassion and people hours that are put into working with young people in care, it’s still regarded by the general public as a rather grey area. Some of the public just think that these young people are victims exclusively. So...
