do social networking sites have a place in modern social work? fiona hopkin staffordshire county...
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Do Social Networking Sites have a place in modern social work?
Fiona HopkinStaffordshire County Council
Funke AdebareSandwell Metropolitan Borough
Council
Students based in adoption team for Staffordshire County Council
Leaflet for prospective and approved adoptive parents
Presentations to adoption and adoption support teams
Presentations to prospective and approved adoptive parents
Continued by adoption team
Previously…
Birmingham Practice Symposium 2011 Social networking and children’s social work
as a whole Further development of the project Stockholm International Social Work
Conference
Feature in Professional Social Work magazine
Previously …
Working party established Professional boundaries Universal UK policy Support the use of SNS
Now…
Free Controlled communication Mass market
900,000,000+ Facebook users 450,000,000 Facebook users access Facebook
on a mobile device 7,500,000 Facebook users under 13 years old 5,000,000 Facebook users under 10 years old
Social Networking Sites
Technological developments
Reactive vs. Proactive
Confidence as practitioners
Communicate to service users
But why???
Privacy and confidentiality
Professional boundaries
Social Networking Sites & Ethics
Support Advocacy Immediate help Empowering
Opportunities
Service users Vulnerable children and young people Isolation Contact
Social workers Disciplinary action Registration
Risks
Thank you.Fiona Hopkin
Staffordshire County [email protected]
Funke AdebareSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council