Social Media Use in Child Welfare Practice

Sage, Todd; Sage, Melanie

doi:10.18060/20880

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“…There is a gap, however, between acceptance of risks in the use of social media in public child welfare and the congruent policy and staff training offered to ensure practitioner competence in engaging online ethically, safely, and confidentially. Sage and Sage (2016) suggest that agencies provide guidance on the ethical use of social media. Social media use, as revealed in this study, provides an example of how realities on the ground can result in practices before formal comprehensive policies are developed.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Three studies have been published in the empirical literature documenting that front-line workers are using social media in their child welfare work (Breyette & Hill, 2015;McRoy, 2010;Sage & Sage, 2016). However, there is little in the empirical literature that addresses the extent of policy development around social media in professional child welfare, training available to staff from the training administrator's perspective, or the risks and benefits of the use of social media from administrators' perspectives.…”

Section: Social Media In Child Welfare Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, there is little in the empirical literature that addresses the extent of policy development around social media in professional child welfare, training available to staff from the training administrator's perspective, or the risks and benefits of the use of social media from administrators' perspectives. Sage and Sage (2016) used a snowball sampling technique of child welfare workers across several states to explore how they engaged in social media. Most child welfare workers in their study reported using social media in their work but also reported challenges as well as benefits of its use (Sage & Sage, 2016).…”

Section: Social Media In Child Welfare Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sage and Sage (2016) used a snowball sampling technique of child welfare workers across several states to explore how they engaged in social media. Most child welfare workers in their study reported using social media in their work but also reported challenges as well as benefits of its use (Sage & Sage, 2016). The literature in allied professions also suggests multiple ways social media may be integrated into professional practice.…”

Section: Social Media In Child Welfare Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Media and Child Welfare: Policy, Training, and the Risks and Benefits From the Administrator’s Perspective

Stott

MacEachron

Gustavsson

2017

ASW

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Keywords: Foster care; social media; technology; case managementSocial media and other digitally-based technologies are increasingly becoming commonplace platforms for both communication and connection. In the field of public child welfare, social media can pose a complex mix of risks and benefits. Its benefits include expediting such case management tasks as client contact and communication, keeping children and youth connected to siblings and family, mining for potential family and relative connections for children in out-of-home care, finding missing parents and/or runaway youth, and coordination among care-givers. Despite its many potential uses in supporting case management tasks, social media also has risks that include breached confidentiality, invasion of privacy, and inadequate protection of child, family, and worker information. Yet, there is little information in the empirical literature about either the employment of social media in public child welfare or its ethical, effective, and safe use. We undertook an exploratory study of state child welfare training administrators to examine the use, policy context, staff training, and perceived risks and benefits of social media in public child welfare.

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confidence: 99%

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Section: Social Media In Child Welfare Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Media In Child Welfare Practicementioning

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Social Media and Child Welfare: Policy, Training, and the Risks and Benefits From the Administrator’s Perspective

Stott

MacEachron

Gustavsson

2017

ASW

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“…In relation to social work practitioners' experiences of young people's use of mobile communication devices and the internet, the literature is primarily concerned with how it affects safeguarding (Boddy and Dominelli, 2016;Breyette and Hill, 2015;Mishna, et al, 2012;Reamer, 2013;Sage and Sage, 2016). While Fursland (2010) refers to the risks in relation to children in care making use of the internet, thereby reinforcing the narrative of risk, Simpson (2013) focuses on why such children pursue unregulated contact and in so doing, draws attention to the possible impact of this on the neural and cognitive development of adolescents and the associated effect on attachment (2013: 382).…”

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Twenty-first century contact: the use of mobile communication devices and the internet by young people in care

Simpson

2020

Adoption & Fostering

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This article contributes to the growing area of research appertaining to the use of mobile communication devices and the internet by children in care in order to maintain contact with family and friends. It is based on a triadic method of semi-structured interviews with 12 young people and their foster carers and social work practitioners. The study found that the young people were not passive recipients of their familial and friendship networks and did not deem their interactions as 'contact', perceiving them more as 'staying in touch'. The opportunities provided for this by the new technology enabled immediacy, reach and communication in real time and duration-all features that allowed them to control the 'who, how and when' of their relationships. But despite the potential of the new communication methods to bring cohesion between young people and their relatives, it was not utilised or supported by their foster carers or social work practitioners who tended to view this new channel of communication as a risk or a nuisance.

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Using the Internet for collateral information in forensic mental health evaluations

Pirelli¹,

Hartigan

Zapf

2018

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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There is a burgeoning literature regarding using Internet-based data in employment, university admissions, and healthcare settings, but such pertaining to forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) contexts is only beginning to develop and professional ethics codes have yet to address these issues in depth. We present the first empirical investigation of mental health and related professionals' (n = 139) attitudes and practices regarding using Internet data in forensic and therapeutic contexts. Respondents reported their experiences and levels of agreement with items measuring beliefs and attitudes toward using Internet-based data in various professional situations (e.g., 23% have searched the Internet for information about a therapy client, 39% for a forensic examinee, and only 26% opposed the practice for forensic evaluators). They also reported high levels of collective agreement, including feeling that there is a lack of guidance available from professional resources regarding Internet-related issues. Implications for forensic practice and research are presented.

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Social Media Use in Child Welfare Practice

Cited by 20 publications

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Social Media and Child Welfare: Policy, Training, and the Risks and Benefits From the Administrator’s Perspective

Social Media and Child Welfare: Policy, Training, and the Risks and Benefits From the Administrator’s Perspective

Twenty-first century contact: the use of mobile communication devices and the internet by young people in care

Using the Internet for collateral information in forensic mental health evaluations

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