Integrating Technology Into Social Work Practice: A Case Study
What are the critical issues involved in integrating technology into social work practice?
One of the critical issues that I see as a concern when integrating technology in social work is the privacy and confidentiality that is shared between teams and networks of an organization. Liégeois and Eneman (2015) discuss how it is important for organizations need to share information in order to provide care to a client through collaboration of a team of a network. Thus, it is inevitable that information will be shared, therefore it is crucial that there is a shared responsibility to ensure that confidentiality and privacy is maintained within these teams and networks. Typically, this information is shared through technology systems or an email. No matter how this information is shared, there must be a secure system in place that prevents the possibility of breach of information. Unfortunately, we have learned in this course that there is not a 100% guarantee that using online secure networks will ensure confidentiality and privacy is maintained. Overall, this issue needs to always be discussed and addressed within the social work practice.
Are any of the technologies we discussed less likely to cause concern than others? …show more content…
Capella University). This this unit I learned that there are three primary components to research: (1) data, (2) information, and (3) and knowledge (Fitch, 2015). Using online technology for research is not a major concern as online counselling or supervision. As a social work student, I find that using these various online sources to obtain research makes the process convenient and easily accessible. In addition, it allows a student to obtain scholarly peer reviewed journal articles versus other information that may not be
One of the critical issues that I see as a concern when integrating technology in social work is the privacy and confidentiality that is shared between teams and networks of an organization. Liégeois and Eneman (2015) discuss how it is important for organizations need to share information in order to provide care to a client through collaboration of a team of a network. Thus, it is inevitable that information will be shared, therefore it is crucial that there is a shared responsibility to ensure that confidentiality and privacy is maintained within these teams and networks. Typically, this information is shared through technology systems or an email. No matter how this information is shared, there must be a secure system in place that prevents the possibility of breach of information. Unfortunately, we have learned in this course that there is not a 100% guarantee that using online secure networks will ensure confidentiality and privacy is maintained. Overall, this issue needs to always be discussed and addressed within the social work practice.
Are any of the technologies we discussed less likely to cause concern than others? …show more content…
Capella University). This this unit I learned that there are three primary components to research: (1) data, (2) information, and (3) and knowledge (Fitch, 2015). Using online technology for research is not a major concern as online counselling or supervision. As a social work student, I find that using these various online sources to obtain research makes the process convenient and easily accessible. In addition, it allows a student to obtain scholarly peer reviewed journal articles versus other information that may not be