by David Niven | Jan 14, 2014 | Child Abuse, Media, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Changing the image of social work I was interviewed on BBC radio about a social worker in Swindon who had been struck off for falsifying records and failing to act when a young girl with learning difficulties disclosed abuse. It wasn’t the bad practice...
by David Niven | Jan 13, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
Today I am looking at historic abuse. On the day that the public inquiry is launched in Northern Ireland called the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry (HIA) looking at allegations dating from 1922 to 1995. I read that 434 people have contacted the inquiry to...
by David Niven | Dec 31, 2013 | Child Abuse, Conference, Podcasts, Social Work
John Devaney Director of Education, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Queens University Belfast and Chair of British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) discusses child protection and early childhood development. BASPSCAN...
by David Niven | Dec 5, 2013 | Media, Podcasts, Social Work
Being Interviewed on Radio Today’s Social World Podcast includes two radio clips from interviews I gave during the week gone by. Celebrity abusers and then— Reflections on a tragic case. For the second part of the podcast, I talk about routes into social work...
by David Niven | Nov 14, 2013 | Child Abuse, Media, Podcasts, Training
Faith based child abuse, Bullying & Media Training I share thoughts on child abuse in relation to faith and belief. I also cover cyber bullying as next week is anti-bullying week. Finally I reflect on a busy week giving media interviews to both radio and...
