The Importance of Being Principled As a professionally qualified and registered social worker in Northern Ireland, my practice is always subject to the scrutiny of my professional association, the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC). Anyone whom I professionally engage with, can raise an objection to my practice if they feel that […]
Read More →The abuse of a child is an abhorrent act that has no place in a civilised society. Most people find it difficult to contain their sense of revulsion and distaste when it is encountered. That emotional reaction is strong and often leads on to a desire to see the guilty party held to account […]
Read More →I was recently engaged to provide expert witness testimony in a case involving historic child abuse. The incidents were said to have taken place in the late eighties and early nineties. The case rested on whether an organisation had acted in a reasonable way when they had been given information indicating that one of […]
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