Join Keri O'Riordan, BASW England Professional Officer on the latest podcast discussing digital technologies, digital professionalism and online safeguarding with guest Claudia Megele.

In this podcast we asked Claudia Megele a national expert on digital ethics, cyber-trauma and digital safeguarding about the implications of social media and digital technologies for social work and social care practice and the future of safeguarding, digital professionalism and digital practice in social work.

Claudia is also the national Chair of the Principal Children and Families Social Work network and the Head of Quality Assurance and Practice at Hertfordshire Children’s Services.

Claudia has researched online safeguarding as well as digital ethics and digital professionalism for more than a decade and has published her work and research including articles in peer reviewed articles such as “Theorizing Twitter Chat” and books such as “Safeguarding Children and Young People Online” (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Safeguarding-children-young-people-online/dp/1447331826) and her upcoming book “Social Media and Social Work: Implications and Opportunities for Practice” (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/144732739X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0).