Social work in a SW England NGO during lockdown Prepared by Natalie Pethick I qualified as a social worker last September and got a job at START where I completed my final placement. This NGO in the south west of the UK supports refugees to access their rights and provides student placements for social...
Reorganising Social Work: Innovative Responses to the Challenges of Covid-19 Prepared by : MARIA CHIARA BRIANI Social Worker, Older Adult Care Sector, San Lazzaro di Savena (BO ) The arrival of Covid-19 among older people in San Lazzaro di Savena, a municipality of 30,000 inhabitants in the Bologna metropolitan area required an immediate social services response....
International Seminar on Crisis Responses to the Pandemic of COVID-19 Prof Ma and Prof Tan from IASSW are speakers via Zoom at the session on “Crisis Management and Social Work Responses” on 16 May 7-10 PM Singapore time.
Sharing a Story from Kenya Prepared by Wilkins Ndege Muhingi The Association of Social Work Educators was involved in a number of activities in response to Covid-19. We distributed face masks to residents of some areas within Nairobi City County (Langata, Globe cinema, Kawangware, Kabiria, Ngara Langata Police Station and Nairobi Central Police Station). We...
Coronavirus pandemic and social work in Hospital: an Italian experience Prepared by: Anna Scarnera Health policies that address the coronavirus infection is related to social policy which depends on political choices. In this period we can read about the medical effects of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences during lockdown in order to prepare for...
IASSW Announces the Release of Social Dialogue Magazine # 22 Dear Friends, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) is ready with one more incredible volume of Social Dialogue online magazine on the theme of “Social Work: Key lessons from its’ troubled past” This magazine is FREE for IASSW members and they can...
Grief in the time of COVID-19 Prepared by Susan Cadell Grief is a normal and natural response in this time. Grief is a response to loss that affects our physical, emotional, behavioural, social, financial, and spiritual lives. It does not only occur in response to death; any loss can cause us to grieve. So much...
Paradox and change – Aotearoa-New Zealand Prepared by : Ian Hyslop Lock-down in Aotearoa-New Zealand is multiplying the strains on the many children and families who don’t have the luxury of material security; warm homes, possessions, savings and middle-class social capital. Not that you would know this from watching the nauseating television features which...
Faculties and Undergraduates of Social Work of Chongqing University of Science and Technology Volunteered to Fight against the Epidemic in Various Forms Prepared by Dr. Cheng Pengli, Department of Sociology, Chongqing University of Science and Technology April 17,2020 Since the outbreak of COVID-19, teachers and students of the social work major of Chongqing University...
Social workers are an untapped resource to address the psychosocial effects of Covid-19 Shahana Rasool, IASSW Board member writes on Social workers are an untapped resource to address the psychosocial effects of Covid-19 Click for detail article: Read here
