The use of Facebook in social work practice with children and families: exploring complexity in an emerging practice

Authors :: Tarsem Singh Cooner
Harry Ferguson
Liz Beddoe
Eileen Joy
Source :: Journal of Technology in Human Services. 38:137-158
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2019.
Abstract: This article draws from a 15-month participant observation study of social work and child protection practices in England to illustrate how social workers used Facebook to gain another view of serv...

Subjects :: 050103 clinical psychology
Health (social science)
020205 medical informatics
Social work
Computer Networks and Communications
business.industry
05 social sciences
General Social Sciences
02 engineering and technology
Participant observation
Public relations
Child protection
Ethnography
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Social media
Sociology
business
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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