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 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...
by David Niven | Mar 4, 2014 | Media, Social Media, Social Work
Compass Jobs Fair I’ll be speaking on the 19th March in Birmingham at the Compass Jobs Fair following ‘World Social Work Day’. It’s an event which draws together so many qualified workers and others looking for new challenges in a day...
by David Niven | Feb 27, 2014 | Social Media, Social Work
I’ve been invited to deliver a workshop at the Compass Jobs Fair in Birmingham on March 19th to coincide with World Social Work Day. Having been asked to discuss social work in the digital age, I can’t help thinking what our world of work will look like...
by David Niven | Nov 29, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
Who are the excluded and the invisible in our country? Not long ago walking in Bath I came across the excluded and invisible in the course of one day when all the stories and scenes I saw were full of damaged or despairing people. In the morning I was the guest on a...