e-Social work and digital society: re-conceptualizing approaches, practices and technologies

Peláez, Antonio López; Servós, Chaime Marcuello

doi:10.1080/13691457.2018.1520475

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“…Digital social work (or e-social work; López Peláez et al, 2018) offers us an opportunity to enhance the role of social workers confronted with social emergencies and situations of pandemic in what is today a digital society. And, to be effective, one of the priorities of digital social work must be to disseminate its results in this digital environment (López Peláez and Marcuello-Servós, 2018).…”

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The more you know, the less you fear: Reflexive social work practices in times of COVID-19

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International Social Work

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In this article, we present the results of a strategy to disseminate best social work practices during periods of social lockdown in Spain, in a climate characterised by post-truth, misinformation and fake news. Social work is challenged with the task of delivering reliable and quality information aimed at building a better society. At the time of writing, Spain was one of the countries most affected by COVID-19, with one of the highest numbers of deaths per million inhabitants in the world. With the population in lockdown, our strategy was to design a series of innovative web seminars on both the subject and the procedures involved in social work, with the aim of sharing information and best practices to counter disinformation campaigns on social media. The results show the growing demand – both by citizens in general and students and professionals in particular – for reliable information in the field of professional practice. One of the priorities of digital social work must be to disseminate its results in the digital environment.

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The more you know, the less you fear: Reflexive social work practices in times of COVID-19

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“…As noted by several researchers, the issues of training and developing confidence in e-therapy skills has rarely been addressed in undergraduate, graduate, or continuing education for social worker practitioners (Fitch, 2015; Perron et al, 2010; Robbins et al, 2016). Training at the undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education levels is the obvious route to greater incorporation of e-therapy into practice and the development of ‘e-social work’ which includes all types of ICT interfaces (Eito et al, 2018; López Peláez and Marcuello-Servós, 2018; López Peláez et al, 2018). One exception is an innovative practicum that taught e-therapy and face-to-face counseling skills to Master of Social Work (MSW) students, who then developed practice skills by providing e-therapy to undergraduate social work students (Mishna et al, 2013).…”

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“…While many have extolled the advantages of e-therapy, the Clinical Social Work Federation (CSWF) warned in 2001 that the use of e-therapy could accentuate the already prevalent disconnection between individuals and promote alienation (Menon and Miller-Cribbs, 2002). A series of articles have focused on how integrating ICT into social work practice can avoid ‘e-exclusion’ of already disadvantaged populations (Eito et al, 2018; Lopez, 2015; López Peláez and Marcuello-Servós, 2018; López Peláez et al, 2018; Raya Diez, 2018). This also prompted an examination by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), which issued standards for ethical and legal social work care using ICT (Lopez, 2014; NASW, 2006).…”

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E-therapy and social work practice: Benefits, barriers, and training

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Friedmann

2019

International Social Work

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The use of information and communication technologies has greatly expanded and has far-reaching implications for social work practice. Following an international review of the literature, this study explored how social workers consider the issues associated with integration of e-therapy into their social work practice. A survey of Israeli social workers revealed that only 4 percent have actual experience with e-therapy. Respondents judged disabled persons and those with mobility restrictions, caregivers of the chronically ill, new parents, the chronically ill, and teenagers as the most appropriate target populations. Attitudes toward benefits, barriers, and training predicted the applicability of e-therapy in practice.

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“…Tele-health, Tele-behavioral health, Tele-mental health, e-therapy, and Cyber Counseling are a few of the terms frequently used to describe virtual practice (Finn 2002 ; Langarizadeh et al 2017 ; Mishna et al 2014 ). Recently, the concepts of Tele-social work, Digital Social Work, and E-social work have been used to describe virtual social work practice in the literature (Goldkind et al 2019 ; Hymans et al 2020a ; López Peláez and Marcuello-Servós 2018 ).…”

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Meeting the Practice Challenges of COVID-19: MSW Students’ Perceptions of E-Therapy and the Therapeutic Alliance

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Freddolino

2021

Clin Soc Work J

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The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a radical shift in social work practice. Overnight, social work intervention models provided in-person gave way to the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate direct practice in virtual environments (e-therapy). Social work’s slow acceptance of e-therapy prior to the pandemic resulted in a lack of training for many social work practitioners and MSW student interns, who were required to make rapid transitions to using and operating in online environments. It appears likely that e-therapy will continue after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, so integrating education about effective e-therapy techniques into social work curricula seems like a logical next step. A social worker’s ability to establish the therapeutic alliance, which is at the heart of all helping relationships, will be central to this curricula. Understanding social work students’ perceptions of e-therapy and the therapeutic alliance can help shape the development of this new curriculum. Using internal student email, students at two Research I universities were invited to participate in a fully online anonymous survey dealing with attitudes towards e-therapy and the therapeutic alliance. Surveys were conducted in 2018 and April–May 2020. Survey questions were based on the only prior comprehensive study of student attitudes towards e-therapy (Finn in J Soc Work Educ 38(3), 403–419. 10.1080/10437797.2002.10779107, 2002 ). Study results indicate that students have e-therapy experience, believe that a practitioner can build a good therapeutic alliance, and think that some form of e-therapy will continue after the pandemic. These results confirm that further exploration about the inclusion of e-therapy education and its efficacy in social work curricula requires urgent attention.

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e-Social work and digital society: re-conceptualizing approaches, practices and technologies

Cited by 50 publications

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The more you know, the less you fear: Reflexive social work practices in times of COVID-19

The more you know, the less you fear: Reflexive social work practices in times of COVID-19

E-therapy and social work practice: Benefits, barriers, and training

Meeting the Practice Challenges of COVID-19: MSW Students’ Perceptions of E-Therapy and the Therapeutic Alliance

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