Publications
Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Elaine O'Callaghan and Gabriel Coelho (2024) The social media, online and digital abuse and harassment of social workers, probational officers, and social work students in Ireland: A national survey, British Journal of Social Work, 54, pp. 3274-3294. DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae091. to read the paper open access (free).
Olwen Halvey, Amy Bradley, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, and Kenneth Burns (2024) 'Advice on how to respond to social media, online and digital abuse and harassment from those who have experienced it', Irish Social Worker, Winter 2024.
Infographics
Amy Bradley, Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, and Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in (2024) Advice from participants in a @UCCsocialwork study for their peers (infographic), 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, Ireland. Click to download: Peer to peer advice infographic
Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, and Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in (2024) Social media spring clean and settings: quick tips for social workers and professionals, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, Ireland. Click to download: Social media spring clean (PDF).
Kenneth Burns, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, and Olwen Halvey (2024) What to do if a staff member is abused or harassed on social media: advice for managers, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, Ireland. Click to download: Advice for managers (PDF)
Kenneth Burns, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Kerry Cuskelly and Pat Kelleher (2021, updated 2024) Social Media Abuse, Online Harassment and Social Work (Ireland and International editions), @UCCsocialwork, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork. Click here to access the practice tool.
Research and training presentations
Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, and Amy Bradley (2024) 'Social media, online and digital abuse and harassment in social work: What you need to know if it happens to you or someone you work with', 30th Annual Local Authority Social Workers and Welfare Officers, Wexford, 15th November 2024.
Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, and Amy Bradley (2024) 'Social Media, digital and online abuse and harassment: what practitioners need to know', 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Tampere & 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Helsinki Webinar, Finland, 30th October 2024.
Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, and Amy Bradley (2024) Social media / online abuse and harassment of child protection practitioners: impact, family, and a good organisational response, Workforce Special Interest Group, European Social Work Research Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, 17-4-24.
Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, and Amy Bradley (2024) Social media/online abuse and harassment of social workers: Coping strategies, impacts, and organisational responses, European Social Work Research Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, 18-4-24.
Kenneth Burns, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, and Olwen Halvey (2024) How to manage experiences of online/social media abuse and harassment, CPD seminar, the Probation Service, Dublin, 27-3-24.
Olwen Halvey, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Kenneth Burns, and Elaine O'Callaghan (2024) When the line has been crossed: child protection and welfare social workers' experiences of online/social media abuse and harassment, Social Work Educators and Researchers Forum, Maynooth 深夜亚洲福利久久, 10-01-24.
Olwen Halvey, Kenneth Burns, Elaine 脫 Callaghan & Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in (2023) 鈥淚t can get under your skin鈥�: Child and family social workers鈥� experiences of online/social media abuse. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], 9th National Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Conference, Cork, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, 27-OCT-23.
Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Olwen Halvey, Kenneth Burns and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) Prevention, protection and action: responding to social media abuse and online harassment. Key messages from Irish research. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Digital Social Work Colloquium, Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 13-OCT-23.
Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Olwen Halvey, Kenneth Burns, and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) Social Work Education, Social Media and Online Abuse: Responding to Service Learners' Needs and Experiences, Edulearn23, International Education Conference, Palma, Spain, 3-5 July 2023.
Kenneth Burns, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Olwen Halvey and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) Social Media and Online Abuse and Harassment in Social Work in Ireland, @UCCsocialwork webinar series, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, 27th April 2023. .
Kenneth Burns, Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Olwen Halvey and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) Social Media and Online Abuse and Harassment in Social Work in Ireland, European Social Work Research Association Workforce SiG, Universit脿 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, 12th April 2023.
Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, Fiachra O'Suilleabhain and Elaine O'Callaghan (2023) How to respond to social media abuse and online harassment: messages from Irish research, Barnevernfrokost Online Seminar, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Bergen (online), 27 January 2023.
Elaine O'Callaghan, Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey, and Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in (2023) Social Media and Online Abuse and Harassment: Preliminary Findings and Students' Experiences, Social Work Educators and Researchers Forum, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Galway, 12-13 January 2023.
Fiachra 脫 S煤illeabh谩in, Kenneth Burns, Kerry Cuskelly and Pat Kelleher (2021) Co-Constructing Practice and Educational Tools: Supporting Social Professions' Responses To Online Abuse and Harassment 4th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2021 conference publication), 08-NOV-21 - 09-NOV-21, pp.1-6,
Pat Kelleher, Fiachra O'Suilleabhain, Kerry Cuskelly and Kenneth Burns (2021) Social Media Abuse of Social Workers: What do Practitioners and Managers in Child Protection & Welfare Need to Know? 8th National Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Conference, UCC (virtual conference), 22-OCT-21 - 22-OCT-21.
