by David Niven | Apr 21, 2015 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, crime, government, International, law, Learning disability, Media, Media Training, Mental Health, neglect, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, policy, Research, service user, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, traffiking, Training, Training Courses, victim
John Devaney MBE, Director of Social Work Education at Queens University , Belfast who Chaired the Congress gives his thoughts on the success of the event. John was 20 years a social work practitioner and joined the University in 2006. He is also National Chair of the...
by David Niven | Apr 13, 2015 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Media, Mental Health, neglect, policy, Research, service user, Social Work, social work education, Training, victim
BASPCAN (British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect) Congress opens with emotional reminder of the voices of victims Guest Blog by Kieran File The 9th BASPCAN Congress opened on Sunday with an emotional...
by David Niven | Apr 10, 2015 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, government, International, law, Media, Mental Health, neglect, Podcasts, policy, Research, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work, social work education, traffiking, Training, victim
The practice of child trafficking and modern slavery in the 21st century at the level that it exists is one of the most appalling and shameful indictments of the worldwide human condition. Bharti Patel is CEO of ECPAT UK. Bharti has more than fifteen years’ experience...
by David Niven | Feb 11, 2015 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, government, law, Media, Mental Health, neglect, Podcasts, policy, Research, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work, Training, victim
With the announcement of the new Chair of the Historic Abuse Inquiry this is a story that should be referred to that inquiry as I think it typical of the unfinished business that this country is awash with and the hundreds, if not thousands, of survivors out there...
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”...
