About this app

This app offers you an amazing way to explore and learn about some of the ethical issues of using social media in social work. In the app you will meet a Team Manager called Adrian, he will present some ethical dilemmas around social media use. Can you help Adrian make the right decisions to ensure his team’s practices are consistent with social work ethics and values?

Based on the issues raised, you are encouraged to reflect on your decisions and consider the potential impact these may have on your day-to-day social work practises in relation to social media use.

The app uses a games based approach. Therefore, if your advice leads to successful outcomes you will proceed through the scenarios. However, if your advice leads to unsuccessful outcomes for either Adrian’s team, agency or service users, you will have to start from the beginning again. Can you advise Adrian successfully the first time around?

The aim of the app is to encourage discussion and debate. As you use the app, try to identify the basis of your advice to Adrian. After using the app on your own, consider working through it with colleagues to explore any differences in decision-making approaches.

The Social Work Social Media app broadly covers the following themes:

• Is social media skills development important for social workers?

• What are the ethical implications of exploring open social media profiles?

• Should social workers be mindful of their online image?

• Does social media present new personal/professional boundary issues?

• How can social workers effectively engage in continuing professional development when using social media?

For educators and trainers, this app can be used as a pre-teaching/training activity. The issues raised can be explored in more depth during online and face-to-face learning events. The app can also be used as a pre-induction resource for social work students to help them examine some of their social media practises before entering a professional programme.

Many of the issues raised in this app can also be applied to other professional disciplines. The app can be used as a trigger to develop discussion and debate within wider professional settings.

Requires
• ARMv7 processor with vector FPU, minimum 550MHz, OpenGL ES 2.0, H.264 and AAC HW decoders
• Android 2.3 and above
• 256MB of RAM

By downloading and installing the Social Work Social Media App (SWSM) you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of the following End User Licence Agreement (EULA):

SWSM EULA
The Social Work Social Media App (SWSM) is copyright 2013 to Tarsem Singh Cooner (TSCooner). All rights reserved. This software may not be copied without prior consent in writing from TSCooner. You are granted a limited license to use SWSM it may be used only in accordance with the terms of the following license.

License: "SWSM" is taken to mean the software contained in this app and subsequent versions. The "buyer" shall be taken as the purchaser of the software. Buyer has non-exclusive rights to use SWSM on one device. Buyer may not transfer the SWSM from one device to another over any network or distribute copies to others for free or for charge. Buyer may not modify or disassemble SWSM. Buyer's use of the software indicates his/her acceptance of these terms and conditions. This license agreement is governed by United Kingdom laws and shall inure to the benefit of TSCooner or its assigns.

Disclaimer/limitation of liability/no warranties: the buyer acknowledges that SWSM may not be free from defects and may not satisfy all their needs and is licensed "as is". In no event whatsoever will TSCooner be liable for direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damage or damages resulting from loss of use, or loss of anticipated profits resulting from any defect in SWSM, even if the author of SWSM has been advised of the possibility of such damage. The entire risk arising out of use or performance of the SWSM remains with you.

New features

Minor fixes to optimise the app.