Teaching Note—Preparing Social Workers for the Digital Future of Social Work Practice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21619082
AutoresFaye Mishna (0000-0003-2538-826X, University of Toronto, autor de correspondencia), Jane E Sanders (0000-0002-9039-5805), Karen M Sewell (0000-0002-2577-5019, Twitter (United States)), Betsy Milne (0009-0008-7508-6976), Elizabeth Milne (0000-0003-0127-0718)
Año2021
Volumen57
Númerosup1
Páginas19-26
Fecha de publicación2021-08-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Work Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1043-7797 • E-ISSN: 2163-5811
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10437797.2021.1912676
OpenAlexW3161314466
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas32

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted an abrupt shift in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in practice. The pre-pandemic use of informal ICT was already ubiquitous in social work practice. The purpose of this teaching note is to highlight that social work education must prepare students for practice using ICT during COVID-19 and beyond. Incorporated are findings from an international study on informal ICT use before COVID-19, which confirmed its ubiquity in social work, underscoring the need to educate and prepare social workers to use ICTs. Six knowledge areas important for social work education related to ICT use are discussed: integrating theoretical foundations; ethical considerations; confidentially and documentation; access and equity; risk assessment and management; and supervision and policy

Documentation · Information and Communications Technology · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Engineering · Medicine · Social Work Education and Practice · Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation · Social Work