EMBEDDING DIGITAL WELLBEING AND SAFEGUARDING INTO A PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK QUALIFYING PROGRAMME SHARON SOPER AND MARGARET JELLEY BA (HONS) SOCIAL WORK –PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY MARGARET JELLEY AND SHARON SOPER

AIMS OF THE SESSION To share our own learning and practice around Social media it relevance to Social Work How we developed a strategy to embed ‘digital wellbeing and safeguarding’ into all three years of the BA in Social Work Opportunity to share learning and knowledge across in an interdisciplinary framework

PLAN OF THE SESSION How and why we became involved with social media and social work. Year one teaching Year two teaching Year three teaching

EXERCISE Talk to you neighbour for 2 minutes about your knowledge and attitude towards Social Media Come up with one word that depicts your feelings towards the medium Share your word and the discipline you are from with the group.

OUR JOURNEY  From the personal to the professional  Students falling foul of professional issues/ codes of conduct  Running the pilot revealed the amount of social media being used in placement  Birmingham conference  Awareness raising session with the programme staff  We come from a position of ‘not being the expert’

STAGE 1 Digital literacy and personal/professional boundaries (example) Google yourself Google your neighbour… What kind of information have you found? 10 minutes feedback

o What is social media/ social networking? o What forms do you use personally? professionally? o Relationship to developing professional identity. o What are the benefits and risks for service users/carers ? o Why have a social media policy ? STAGE 2 PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES AND BECOMING ‘E-PROFESSIONALS’. PLAN OF THE SESSION:

RELATIONSHIP TO DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY When, if ever, is it permissible to conduct an online search for information about a service user / carer? In a macro setting, this may be common practice when doing research or undertaking managerial practices when recruiting. In a practice setting, such searches may lead to personal / professional boundary issues and interference with trust with both service user / carer within the social work relationship.

Community Care HCPC sanctions social worker over Facebook posts Mother in child protection case complained after finding the social worker's Facebook comments about the case via Google I’m in court tomorrow for a case where there is a high level of domestic violence amongst many things…” and after the trial finished posted: “It’s powerful to know that…children’s lives have just massively changed for the better and now they are safe and protected from harm and have every hope for the future…”

STAGE 3 – DIGITAL WELLBEING AND SAFEGUARDING (4.46)

PLYMOUTH SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD 12 CHILD Safeguarding & promoting welfare Common Conceptual Framework Health Education Identity Family & Social Relationships Social Presentation Emotional & Behavioural Development Self-care Skills C H I L D ’ S D E V E L O P M E N T A L N E E D S P A R E N T I N G C A P A C I T Y FAMILY & ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS Basic Care Emotional Warmth Stimulation Guidance & Boundaries Ensuring Safety Stability Wider Family Housing Employment Income Family’s Social Integration Family History & Functioning Community Resources

PLYMOUTH SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD 13 CHILD Safeguarding online Including Mobile technologies Online Conceptual Framework Health – RSI / Sleep Education - misinformation Identity – avatars / low self-esteem Family & Social Relationships – Isolation / fantasy Social Presentation – Poor hygiene / aggression Emotional & Behavioural Development – Anxiety / addiction Self-care Skills – Poor diet / no exercise C H I L D ’ S D E V E L O P M E N T A L N E E D S P A R E N T I N G C A P A C I T Y FAMILY & ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS Basic Care – Internet as the Babysitter Emotional Warmth – desensitisation Stimulation – lack of face-to-face conversation Guidance & Boundaries: parents use Internet for dating and pornography Ensuring Safety – no boundaries to online activities Stability – away from home Wider Family – role modelling Housing – material conditions Employment – Images on line Income – gambling and purchases Family’s Social Integration – Isolation of internet use Family History & Functioning – Role m modelling dangerous behaviours Community Resources – Gangs, drugs and sexual exploitation

CHILD PROTECTIVE FACTORS PERPERTRATOR

The internet’s dangers were all too real for my son, Breck Bednar I couldn’t save my child from being killed by an online predatorI couldn’t save my child from being killed by an online predator The Guardian

WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL RISKS ? o Grooming o Child Sexual exploitation o Radicalisation o Trolling o Gambling o Pornography o Trafficking o Any others?

DIGITAL WELLBEING LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF AS A PROFESSIONAL. Back to personal professional boundaries Agency policies Online presence –professional branding Security Benefits of twitter / resources/ academic / practice