19. 1 new message
Hi!
Message between You & Chloe
Hi Vicki, how was your
summer? Went to the cinema
last night, haven’t seen you for
ages! How have you been?
Chloe Let’s meet up! Chloe x
20. 1 new friend
request
Mev
Tom Gaskin wants to be
your friend!
Add Ignore
21. 1 new friend
request
Vicki
Tom Gaskin wants to be
your friend!
Add Ignore
22. 1 new
notification
Tom Gaskin is now friends with Vicki
and Mev
23. Tom Gaskin’s
Profile
Tom Gaskin is at the Coach
& horses pub tonight (2 hr ago)
Write something on Tom’s wall…
Alexia Zinonos wrote:
“Hi Tom are we still
meeting up at the
View photos of Tom weekend?”
Send Tom a message
24. 1 new message
Hello
Message between You, Tom Gaskin, Vicki, Jack, Toby, David and 10
more
Hi I’m a youth worker. I’m interested in
finding out your views on the services
provided for young people in the area. I’m
hoping I can take a few moments of your
time to ask you a few questions.
Tom Gaskin
First of all do you know what a youth worker
is?
25. Hello
Message between You, Tom Gaskin, Vicki, Jack, Toby, David and 10
more
Go away I don’t wanna help you
Mev
26. Hello
Message between You, Tom Gaskin, Vicki, Jack, Toby, David and 10
more
Yeah I’ll help you out if you want, to be
honest I think every1 knows what a youth
worker is
David
Go away I don’t wanna help you
Mev
27. Hello
Message between You, Tom Gaskin, Vicki, Jack, Toby, David and 10
more
Erm hi, er when u talk about services in norfolk,
what ones in particular are u talking about coz ive
lived here all my life and cant say theres much
evidence of any youth 'services' at all. We've pretty
much been left to our own devices and u lot wonder
Vicki why we just hang round parks etc, maybe if u gave
us somewhere to go or do without being
stereotypical and automatically assuming we r
causing trouble then u wouldnt need to go askin
peoples opinions.
29. Hello
Message between You, Tom Gaskin, Vicki, Jack, Toby, David and 10
more
Erm hi, er when u talk about services in norfolk,
what ones in particular are u talking about coz ive
lived here all my life and cant say theres much
evidence of any youth 'services' at all. We've pretty
much been left to our own devices and u lot wonder
Vicki why we just hang round parks etc, maybe if u gave
us somewhere to go or do without being
stereotypical and automatically assuming we r
causing trouble then u wouldnt need to go askin
peoples opinions.
30. Hello
Message between You, Tom Gaskin, Vicki, Jack, Toby, David and 10
more
Hi Vicki, thanks for your reply. This is exactly what I
was looking for when I started experimenting with
Facebook for youth work.If you tell me that there is
no services around I can tell the people who have a
responsibility to sort something out!I would really
Tom Gaskin appreciate it if you would accept my friend request
as you seem really passionate about these issues
and maybe you could help by telling us what you
think we should be doing?
31. Hello
Message between You, Tom Gaskin, Vicki, Jack, Toby, David and 10
more
Just to be clear I am employed by the Norfolk
County Council as a youth worker you can check
this by calling 01603 485999 (opt.3). Hope to hear
from you soon
Tom Gaskin If you ever want to find something to do in your local
area like a youth club, football team, arts or dance
etc you can find it on www.norfolkblurb.co.uk/t2d
32. Do’s:
• Gain authorisation from your manager to use social
networking sites for work related tasks
• Provide a method for young people to verify your
identity such as your organisation’s telephone number,
email and website address
• Send a message with friend requests explaining who
you are and why you are contacting them
• Keep records of the messages you send, approaches
used and responses gained
• Encourage voluntary engagement, identify the ways in
which they can choose not to participate
• Work together within your organisation, too much
contact from organisations will confuse young people
33. Don'ts:
• Use your personal social networking profile
• Upload photos, films etc that you are not happy for the
rest of the world to see
• Assume everyone will want to talk to you
• Create an expectation that you cannot maintain
• Bombard young people with lots of requests
• Write long messages - keep them short and sweet!
• Forget to reply back to young people
• Assume users will have read your friend request
message or viewed your profile before adding you -
many users ask afterwards!
• Forget that you are inviting yourself into the young
34. www.norfolkblurb.co.uk
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All examples used are from real interactions with young
people however their names and photos have been changed
to protect their identity.