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 | Mar 5, 2015 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, government, law, Media, neglect, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, policy, Research, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, traffiking, Training, Training Courses, Uncategorized, victim
It certainly has been child protection week! With the Prime Minister announcing his ideas for professionals in child protection to be charged with ‘wilful neglect’– carrying a prison term of up to 5 years if they fail to report a child in danger. The...
by David Niven | Nov 17, 2014 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, depression, Media, Mental Health, neglect, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, Research, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work, social work education, Training, Uncategorized, victim
Tessa Munt serves as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills.Tessa was inspired to pursue a career in politics by her grandfather who took up politics in his adopted country, Kenya, serving as...
by David Niven | Nov 13, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, law, Media, Media Training, Newly qualified social workers, Podcasts, Research, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, Training, Training Courses, Uncategorized
JSWEConference Part 6. Thoughts of newly qualified workers and social media in social work education. A final roundup of interviews from the conference. Firstly an interesting discussion with three newly qualified social workers from the University of Dundee, Leanne ,...