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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813606603321

Autore

Hill Andrew

Titolo

Social work & ICT / / Andrew Hill & Ian Shaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications Inc., 2011

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Sage Publications Inc., , 2011

ISBN

9781446245071

1446245071

9781446269541

144626954X

9781283858984

1283858983

9781446210000

1446210006

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShawIan <1945->

Disciplina

361.30285

Soggetti

Social service - Information technology

Social service - Data processing

Social service - Technological innovations

Social service - Computer network resources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; About the Authors; Introduction; 1. Best Practice for Social Work and ICT; 2. ICT Use in Social Work; 3. Service Users, Carers and ICT; 4. Technology and Professional Practice; 5. ICT and Social Work Agencies; 6. Social Work Programmes in the Virtual World; 7. ICT and Practice Based Learning; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become an integral part of social and working lives. Within social work ICTs play a vital role, helping professionals to store and share information and contributing to new forms of practice. This book asks why ICT is used and how it affects practice.