The Social World Podcast

An excellent interview with Bridget Robb – Chief Executive at the British Association of Social Workers. We discuss the state of social work in the UK and globally, the political and environmental factors of social work and the role of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW). As a Former Chair of BASW I value it as the largest professional association for social work in the UK, with offic...

This weeks podcast focuses on communities, their importance and their erosion over the years and the knock on damage to society in general. I look at this nationally through the work of Shelter, new towns, homelessness and the changes high-rise buildings have made to communities. Internationally I look at changes caused by man and by nature, culminating in the interview with Salaash Morompi a Maas...

John Devaney Director of Education, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Queens University Belfast  and Chair of British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) discusses child protection and early childhood development.  BASPSCAN  and D.Niven Associates are jointly hosting a conference on Early Childhood Development in Bristol on 4th April 2014.  The keynote spe...

Shirley Ayres is my guest this week, she is a well established social media consultant, social worker, innovator and in her own words a care maverick and a ‘super connector’. A social media enthusiast with a large following across digital media platforms including a video podcast.  She reflects on her work and networking in the social care sector. She talks of why nurturing social media is so impo...

A fascinating interview with a young film maker who talks of her time in the Pacific rim. Her interviews  and also some short documentary films she made. Also something that will make a real difference to sexual abuse – new sentencing guidelines for sex offenders. So two main themes today, both different but both fascinating and important in their own right. Thanks to all of you, the Social World...

Being Interviewed on Radio Today’s Social World Podcast  includes two radio clips from interviews I gave during the week gone by. Celebrity abusers and then— Reflections on a tragic case. For the second part of the podcast, I talk about routes into social work and thoughts on the current newly qualified workers. Tell friends and colleague to download this from iTunes and please feel free to subscr...

Parenting – the ups and downs. Interview with Jane Evans An interview with Jane Evans, a parenting expert who has a book out in February called How are you feeling today Baby Bear? Which examines the impact of domestic violence on 2-6 year olds and age appropriate strategies to discuss it. I then talk about and reflect on personal anecdotes of children at risk through poor parental assumptions.

Jonathan Singer on youth suicide; Thoughts on Sri Lanka I am delighted to have interviewed Jonathan Singer, a podcaster and  assistant professor of Social Work at Temple University, Philadelphia,  about his research on youth suicide in America. I hope to maintain close links with Jonathan as the weeks go by. I also reflect on the troubled country of Sri Lanka and my experiences there. This is prov...

Faith based child abuse, Bullying  & Media Training I share thoughts on child abuse in relation to faith and belief. I also cover cyber bullying as next week is anti-bullying week.  Finally I reflect on a busy week giving media interviews to both radio and television. David Niven Associates is able to offer individuals and groups access to the media training they need to ensure they can repres...

The Social World Podcast After a good look at some of the inside pages in the media I discuss: A new book by a Swedish psychiatrist criticising liberal parenting and challenging a long held belief in Swedish society concerning the ways that children are disciplined (or not as the case may be). The comments by the just stepped down Attorney General saying he thinks it should be a criminal offence n...

The Social World Podcast In this weeks podcast I provide information and sites, ideas and thoughts about how to get help and information regarding missing children. Then an interview with Dr Neil Thompson talking of new e-learning initiatives which my company David Niven Associates has agreed to promote in association with Neil. Today’s podcast finally finishes with some short and sweet stories fr...

To subscribe to the Social World Podcast for my thoughts on the social world click here  – also leave reviews and comments. Welcome to the social world podcast second edition. Today I am going to cover 3 main topics. Firstly a look at new legislation being proposed to further control sex offenders. Secondly an interview with one of our Associate trainers at David Niven Associates Jenni Randall who...

Episode 001 Welcome to the the first episode of the Social World Podcast . This will become a weekly event and I hope you can join us, contribute and enjoy. To subscribe to the Social World Podcast for my thoughts on the social world click here  – also leave reviews and comments.