Social Media Toolkit for Social Work Field Educators, Edition 1 (2017)

This toolkit provides social work Field Educators with tools and resources to help social work students and field instructors assess, develop, and maintain an online identity for professional purposes. There are two parts to the toolkit – an Educator’s Guide and a PowerPoint Slide Deck. The Educator’s Guide provides directions, descriptions, and handouts related to the content of the toolkit while the Slide Deck includes pre-formatted slides with selected content for presenting n the classroom or a workshop. See Figure 1 for an example slide. The content of this toolkit is divided into five different topics centered on how to use social media professionally as a social worker: 1. Reflecting on Social Media Use in Social Work Practice 2. Engaging and Self-Assessment with Social Media 3. Professional Practice with Social Media 4. Case Studies for Students & Field Educators 5. Social Media Learning Activities for Field Education Specific content for these topic areas include learning activities about why, when, and how to use social media as a practicing social work professional; skills for managing an online identity; guidelines for developing one’s own professional social media policy; and case studies to help develop professional and ethical competency.