MOBILE SOCIAL WORK
ideas, innovations and apps for social work in the age of smartphones and social media
Category Archives: Professional Development
Tips On Dealing With Cyberbullying – BeatBullying [VIDEO]
BeatBullying is a UK website „all about young people helping and supporting each other online“: If you’re being bullied, or are feeling a bit low, or are maybe troubled by … Continue reading
How Social Workers can fight Cyberbullying
Rena Malai, member of the news staff of the American National Association of Social Workers (NASW), shared her thoughts about on- and offline bullying. Here are the statements I find … Continue reading
An iPad App for Personal Growth – Unstuck [Video]
Unstuck is an app for „personal growth for anyone who wants to live better every day.“ The app was created by SYPartners and combines „digital tools with tips and know-how from … Continue reading
What ICT Competency Social Workers Should Have? – Get inspired by the UNESCO Framework for Teachers [Video]
UNESCO published an ICT Competency Framework for Teachers which intends „to inform educational policy makers, teacher-educators, providers of professional learning and working teachers on the role of ICT in educational … Continue reading
Must-have Apps to get your social work job done
At Mobile Social Work you can find a lot of information about the use of your smartphone in the work with clients. Just have a look at the app section … Continue reading
What Social Worker Should Know in a Digitized Society – 6 Theses from the Cyberwork Conference
Today my colleague Timo Nicklaus and me attended the second day of the Cyberwork Conference in Bremen/Germany. Inspired by interesting talks on internet street work, digitized youth work, and online … Continue reading
Apps to foster your Meditation and Mindfulness [VIDEO]
Mindfulness or awareness is the „spiritual or psychological faculty (indriya) that, according to the teaching of the Buddha, is considered to be of great importance in the path to enlightenment“ … Continue reading
Social media as a tool for career development for social workers
Deona Hooper, founder of the network socialworkelper.com, shared her thoughts on „Social Work and Social Media: Tools for Networking and E-Advocacy“ on the socialworkhepler.com blog, She emphasizes that social workers … Continue reading
Mobile Video is on the way into Social Media. Is this relevant for video based interventions by social workers? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Mobile video seems to be the next big thing in social media. As the use of video in social work is common does that mean that video based interventions by … Continue reading
