How did your response change?

Ans: Not much, more or less the same.

New insights:

Ans: Over monitoring can be quite stressful for youth. they might feel that someone is hovering over them. Sometimes, adults should be the one who needs to stay calm, don't be so kan cheong:):) maybe try to find out more before reacting.

1) My responses did not change much. This is because ethics are shared by value. One's actions are guided by his or her values.

2) Youth need more space and privacy hence, I should not follow the youth I work with quietly or without letting him or her aware.

How did your responses change after reading more about the ethical considerations?

Does not change much after reading more about it.

Considerations/Insight:

To give more air time for the youth and not to over react with their posting. If need be, have a offline conversation and never confront them.

My response had not changed much , after reading the ethical considerations.

From the standpoint of the Youth worker , one should always be professional and not to be emotional involved or attach to the youth "clients".Our role is to support and guide the youth , and not to be excessively monitoring or exercising control over them. We should respect the youth ,emphasize with their needs and earn their trust .These ethical considerations for digital work work , are excellent guides for us to become good youth workers

I think the key difference I took with me in the post survey is about drawing professional boundaries. As adults who are concerned about our youths, we may inadvertently blur the lines by talking and behaving like them as well as learning more about their interests to build up trust and friendship. However we probably need to think a bit more critically if such actions are eventually net positive as such connections work both ways. What if youths themselves end up blurring their expectations and relationship with the adult youth worker, e.g. becoming over reliant, failing to respect authority and emotional blackmailing. Ultimately it might be wise to define the boundaries from the beginning so no one gets hurt.

The other question on DM after work hour when seeing some worrying post - this is not clear to me even after reading the ethics consideration because I fear for the life of the youth.

Se Sam

cause I believe as a youth worker. you may have may of them under your care. if following too many. you may lost track or get confuse with all their issue, youth worker need to check out sometime. just like what Umar mention. after class he check out. this is also to make sure youth worker well begin is taken care of too

Mike

I think that we should give the youths space and respect when it comes to interaction with them. It can be a bit grey at times on what we should or should not do when engaging with them on social medias. I learned that we should protect their confidentiality and privacy.

As an youth worker, we should always to support and listen to them but not judge or teach them no matter it is face-to-face or online engagement. Also, internet security and data privacy are important to everyone.

Ethics are important as a guide to shape how we engage, protect, and empower youth in online spaces.

I realise how social media, texting, and video platforms tend to blur the line between professional and personal interactions. I must be constantly mindful to maintain clear digital boundaries, for example, not friending youth on personal accounts or messaging late at night, although this may be the fastest way to reach out to them anytime. With ethics being made clear to the youth, it can help to minimise/prevent boundary violations, favoritism or misinterpretation of tone in digital communication.

- Julia

My Ethical Takeaways:

My pre-poll and post-poll have some slight differences simply cos the questions are not detailed enough. So I had to make a decision Agree or Disagree based on my own set of premises. After going thru the notes, I differed slightly only and shifted my answers simply cos I chose safer side and self-care though my premises remain same.

My stand would be:

1) Youths are mini-adults and should be treated as one. They have the rights to know and how to deal with their data collection. With the exception of when serious harm is involved. However, I feel that youths know this and all the more they won't reveal this. Unless its a vv safe space for them and they want help.

2) Youth workers are humans too, so the professional boundaries are to be clear and to have work-life balance and self-care too. Thus, unless the Youth Worker is able to handle cases after work hours, I would avoid going thru Social Media. And for me, I would setup a specific Social Media just for the Youths (still can be personal account but I won't login unless I have spare time for emergency just in case) and not mingle into my other aspects of my personal life.

Easy to say, reality can be difficult. So it would be good to have consistent updates of the professional ethical guidelines.

My Pre-poll and Post-poll have resulted some differences in my polling . After understanding the ethical considerations of a professional social worker , it seems Post-poll has impacted my choices from agreed to disagreed after knowing the importance of keeping data private and confidential , setting digital boundaries (social media) , and etc . In the process of the Pre-poll , sometimes we may put sympathy , empathy , concerns , fears , building trust and one's core beliefs into the life of youths that you knew. Few questions may have blur lines between human intervention needed vs follow the social worker professionalism/protocol ? It also depends the level of bonding and trust between you and the youth . However , if we have removed the above concerns (eg .emotional) and follows below Ethical principles , it may helps to have a clearer boundaries .

1 . Ignoring or delay vs Duty of Care (safety first)

2 . Confidentiality vs Duty to Protect (self harm)

3 . Boundaries & Professional vs Crisis Obligations

4 . Respect of Autonomy vs Protection of Life

5 . Personal HOTLINE vs Crisis support HOTLINE , on-call duty roster and caregiver contacts

1. Ethics are more about common sense than having set digital rules to follow.

My perspective changed to ‘disagree’ as youths’ developmental cognition may not facilitate the critical and consequential thinking to generate reasonable behaviour and decision making.  They are susceptible to instant gratification and emotional rewards, and keen to explore and experiment. With their choices largely driven by emotions instead of logic, it is better to have set digital rules to guide their online behaviour.

2. It is acceptable to challenge a youth about behaviour you have seen on their social media account.

At first, I agree to the statement as the behaviour concerned could be cyberbullying. Such behaviour should not be condoned. The phrase ‘challenge a youth’ made me change my mind. To be mindful of promoting well-being and maintaining professionalism, I’ll engage the youth offline on the issue.