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‘Caring and connected’ : Technology and social worker self-care
Harris, Sera Stout, Brian
Harris, Sera
Stout, Brian
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Abstract
This article outlines social work practitioners’ understandings and practices of self-care, which consider the influence of technology. As part of an exploratory study on the use and experiences of technology by Australian social work practitioners, we examined implications for worker self-care. The study found that technology presents unique challenges and opportunities for self-care as social workers straddled multiple and contradictory conceptualisations of technology in the field. The use of technology raised mixed understandings of self-care, with social workers outlining the need for self-care to protect them from organisational reach and as a mechanism or space for self-care itself. The study findings highlight the need to consider technology in the understandings and practices of self-care for social workers.
Keywords
technology, self-care, social work practice, social workers, work boundaries
Date
2021
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Journal article
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Journal of Social Work Practice
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1-14
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School of Allied Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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All rights reserved
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