Using Social Media in Child Welfare

Using social media techniques and innovations in child welfare practice is a relatively new approach for the field. While using social media as a practice tool offers opportunities to enhance, improve, and make work with children and families more effective, it also presents new challenges for the field.

These pages offer information and resources on how to capture opportunities to help improve outcomes and build supports for children and families using social media as a communication tool.

• Social media for child welfare agencies
• Social media in casework practice
• Social media safety

CW360°: A Comprehensive Look at a Prevalent Child Welfare Issue: Child Welfare and Technology (PDF - 15,831 KB) 
 LaLiberte & Snyder (Eds.) (2011)
Offers numerous articles on the impact of technology on child welfare practice, including guidance for agencies considering a social media presence and a description of Arizona's use of videos to recruit foster and adoptive families.

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