Social Work, Human Rights and Digital Technology Report

BASW is pleased to publish this report on Social Work, Human Rights and Digital Technology. Digital technology is often hailed as the solution to many problems, but it also has the potential to lead to greater injustices and greater inequality in society. In response to these and other concerns, BASW organised a conference bringing together researchers looking at aspects of the roles, potential and actual, of different forms of digital technology in social work. Topics included the use of digital communication technologies, Artificial Intelligence, system design and the impact of remote and/or flexible working on social workers.

The report highlights cross-cutting themes that emerged on the day of the conference from both the presentations and the attendant discussions.  It also provides summaries of each of the five presentations. This report is a resource and presents a range of material to help those in social work consider some issues in relation to the topic of social work, human rights and digital technology. The views expressed in the presentations are those of the presenters and are not necessarily the views of BASW, or research funders. As such it is not a BASW statement on policy or practice.

The report is available to download on the left hand side of this page.