by David Niven | Apr 28, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, Media, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
I remember in 1997 standing in Scotland Yard with the then head of the Paedophile Unit watching the arrival of a large furniture van filled with explicit material seized from just one house. He explained that tracking and catching paedophiles was – in his words...
by David Niven | Apr 24, 2014 | Bristol, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, Conference, Mental Health, Podcasts, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
In conjunction with British Association of the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) David Niven Associates (DNA) hosted This is my childhood; there will be no other. The conference tackled early intervention of the ‘toxic trio’ of...
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 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...
by David Niven | Feb 21, 2014 | Child Abuse, Children, International, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
I’ve talked in the past about identifying victims of abuse world wide and the difficulties inherent to agencies in that task. The International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) image database is a global sharing mechanism between law enforcement agencies...
