by David Niven | Jun 27, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work, Training
TV and Radio interviews reflecting child protection cases. I often get approached to give these in response to negative stories as the former Chair of BASW; I feel they should be shared within the social work community to discuss the cases in a balanced view rather...
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 | Mar 26, 2014 | Bristol, Mental Health, Social Work, Training
Supervision I want to revisit a subject that unashamedly I’ve talked about quite a bit in the past. Good anecdotal evidence from across the country points to the fact that, for a number of reasons, supervision is not well practiced in social work and...
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 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 | Feb 26, 2014 | Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Training
The Never Changing Face A BBC news article calls for special training to recognise the signs of domestic violence following the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) publishing new guidance to raise awareness. It’s both fascinating and...