Technological advancement in our world today is inevitable. Every area of our world is susceptible to technology so it is no surprise that the technological wave is hitting the social work realm as well. In the article “Data Driven, People Focused — Technology Takes on Social Work” there are numerous pros to integration of social work and technology. For instance, technology makes files and information available at a moments notice whether that is for a clients benefit or for a government agency’s benefit. This reduces the time that it takes to search for files. Another pro of utilizing technology in the social work realm is that it aids organization. Since social workers deal with a lot of case files this is a great benefit to them. It levitates
