Category Archives: Protecting Our Children

An Interview with Susanne: NQSW at Bristol Council Family and Young People’s Services

SWSCmedia:  Where did you undertake your social work degree and training? Susanne:  I did a Masters in Social Work at Bristol University. SWSCmedia:  What motivated you to become a social…

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Prejudice and preconception: Social work & the Media – Opinion piece by: Bronagh Miskelly

When in 2008 the Baby P case hit the headlines, I found myself on live TV thinking: “Why am I here?” This wasn’t a philosophical crisis but rather a musing…

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An Interview with Annie Hudson Director of Children and Young People’s Services at Bristol Council

SWSCmedia:  What made you decide to do this programme with BBC? Annie Hudson:  We were approached by the BBC in autumn 2009 about doing a follow-up to ‘Someone to Watch…

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#SocialWork and #Media: #ProtectingOurChildren – 21 February 2012 – a #SWSCmedia debate @SWSCmedia

In follow up of the excellent work by Bristol Council in partnership with the Open University and the BBC we are pleased to welcome Annie Hudson (Director of Children and…

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Every Child: Connecting the Local and International and Making a Difference in Children’s Lives – by: Anna Feuchtwang

There are at least 24 million children around the world living without parental care. As far as we know.  More shocking is that we don’t know for sure how many…

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Making Social Work Work: An International Perspective – Courtesy of Every Child

This literary review calls for families and children in developing countries to be supported in waysthat are appropriate to the conditions, culture and resources available rather than through approaches to…

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Engaging with involuntary and resistant parents in child protection work – by: Prof. Brian Littlechild

How do we   best go about  engaging  with involuntary and resistant parents in child protection work? From the evidence of recent Serious Case Reviews (SCRs), this could be seen as…

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Child Protection in Court – Countering Oppressive Practice – Opinion piece by: Sasha Williams

“Oppressive: Adj: Of the nature of or characterised by cruel or unjust exercise of authority or power; unreasonably harsh; tyrannical. weighing heavily on the mind, spirits or senses; depressing.” (Shorter…

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Protecting Our Children: #ChildProtection: A Helpful or an Oppressive Practice?

In follow up of Bristol Council’s important and courageous collaboration with BBC and the Open University to create a fly-on-the-wall mini-series #ProtectingOurChildren, we wish to explore the practice of child…

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