ABSTRACT This paper addresses a key issue in the development of youth-focused social work: the role of digital skills in the relationship between young people and social workers who work with these native digital users. To this end, we analysed data from the International Digital Economy and Society Index 2019 and Eurostat. Information from the sixth European Working Conditions Survey and a survey conducted by the Social Care Institute for Excellence and the British Association of Social Workers supported the empirical analysis. The main findings reveal a gap between the level of digital skills required in the labour market and the actual level of digital skills in both young people and social workers, despite efforts by both groups to improve their skills. Initiatives to foster digital skills are therefore recommended to bridge this digital divide. Lastly, it was concluded that both groups could act as mutual drivers of digital transformation.

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年轻人、社会工作者和社会工作教育：数字技能的作用

摘要 本文解决了以青年为中心的社会工作发展中的一个关键问题：数字技能在年轻人与与这些本地数字用户一起工作的社会工作者之间的关系中的作用。为此，我们分析了 2019 年国际数字经济和社会指数和欧盟统计局的数据。来自第六次欧洲工作条件调查以及卓越社会关怀研究所和英国社会工作者协会进行的调查的信息支持了实证分析。主要调查结果揭示了劳动力市场所需的数字技能水平与年轻人和社会工作者的实际数字技能水平之间存在差距，尽管这两个群体都在努力提高他们的技能。因此，建议采取促进数字技能的举措来弥合这一数字鸿沟。最后，得出的结论是，这两个群体都可以作为数字化转型的共同推动者。