by David Niven | Dec 19, 2014 | abuse, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, International, law, Media, Newly qualified social workers, Research, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work, social work education, traffiking, Training, Training Courses, victim
This was posted on my Guardian page on 19/12/14. See David Niven at The Social Care Network online Guardian. The trial and conviction of Simon Harris, a 55-year-old teacher and former charity manager, for abusing Kenyan street children between 2002 and 2013,...
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 ,...
by David Niven | Apr 15, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care
All my career I’ve had a particularly keen interest in the situation of young carers. When I came across a situation where a child was looking after an adult it always struck me as a situation full of sacrifice and possible loss of childhood. It’s all very...
by David Niven | Nov 19, 2013 | Children, Children & Social Care
Difficulties for young carers. Imagine you are a young carer and your mother with Multiple Sclerosis falls over and needs lifting and sorting. You and your brother are tired as she needed help in the night as well. Your dad left years ago and so there’s only you and...
by daveniven | Jul 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Is it surprising that people are worried about the quality of frontline healthcare assistants when they are paid peanuts, recruited with little or no training and expected to perform intimate tasks with often confused patients and service users? Private domiciliary...
