Add to ORKGThis paper looks how social work is managing in ‘the information age’. Characterised by flows of information through electronic media, the identity of, and work with, service users is divided into abstracted lists or measures, fed into databases, which then directs practice through performance indicators. Drawing on two current research projects, we describe how social workers in their everyday work are overwhelmed by such developments, but there are also opportunities to resist and embrace them
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has profound impacts on society as people integrate t...
This article explores the range of boundaries to negotiate the demands of evidence-based practice. I...
The recent great strides in technology presents tremendous opportunities for human development, but ...
This paper examines the changing form of knowledge in social work over the past thirty years and it...
There is a well-established critique of current forms of electronic information systems (IS) in soci...
Historically, the reluctance of social workers to use digital technology has been noted, though this...
Social services are entering the information society. Over the past decades, information technology ...
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are electronic tools used to convey, manipulate an...
The introduction of technology to any workplace can not only change the nature of the task, but re-o...
Summary: The informational context in which social work has been operating over the past decade has ...
We live in a digital society which has significantly changed the information landscape affecting eve...
The aim of this Masters thesis is to investigate how trained social workers experience information i...
This paper makes use of theoretical ideas that have been developed to understand the impact of new t...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has profound impacts on society as people integrate t...
Existing international research that tracks technology use in social work practice often focuses on ...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has profound impacts on society as people integrate t...
This article explores the range of boundaries to negotiate the demands of evidence-based practice. I...
The recent great strides in technology presents tremendous opportunities for human development, but ...
This paper examines the changing form of knowledge in social work over the past thirty years and it...
There is a well-established critique of current forms of electronic information systems (IS) in soci...
Historically, the reluctance of social workers to use digital technology has been noted, though this...
Social services are entering the information society. Over the past decades, information technology ...
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are electronic tools used to convey, manipulate an...
The introduction of technology to any workplace can not only change the nature of the task, but re-o...
Summary: The informational context in which social work has been operating over the past decade has ...
We live in a digital society which has significantly changed the information landscape affecting eve...
The aim of this Masters thesis is to investigate how trained social workers experience information i...
This paper makes use of theoretical ideas that have been developed to understand the impact of new t...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has profound impacts on society as people integrate t...
Existing international research that tracks technology use in social work practice often focuses on ...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has profound impacts on society as people integrate t...
This article explores the range of boundaries to negotiate the demands of evidence-based practice. I...
The recent great strides in technology presents tremendous opportunities for human development, but ...