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The Ethics and Practicality of Using Social Media Platforms in Social Work Clinical Practice: A Systemic Review

The social work field strives to serve clients in the most ethical, practical and confidential way by educating on mental health issues and advocating for social justice. In going with social trends, this systematic review questions the practicality and ethics of using social media platforms as part of social work clinical practice. For the purpose of this review, social media is defined as forms of electronic communications through which users generate online communities in order to share information, ideas, personal messages, videos, and other content. The purpose of technology in the social work is clear; to increase accessibility and delivery of services. Based on our findings, the research concludes that although the use of social media is practical in direct practice, there is not enough research and guidelines established to make a clear stance on the ethicality. Although the National Association of Social work (NASW) and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) have worked on creating standards and guidelines to fit the way technology and social work are merging, further development of boundaries and standards addressing social media use in social work practice is needed to draw a more definite conclusion.

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