{"id":9486,"date":"2022-03-27T19:06:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2022-04-14T12:43:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T07:13:08","slug":"riding-out-the-pandemic-social-work-practice-during-covid-19-navigating-client-needs-and-boundary-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/featured\/9486-riding-out-the-pandemic-social-work-practice-during-covid-19-navigating-client-needs-and-boundary-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding Out the Pandemic: Social Work Practice during COVID-19: Navigating Client Needs and Boundary Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Riding Out the Pandemic: Social Work Practice during COVID-19: Navigating Client Needs and Boundary Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Applied Social Sciences will hold a Professional Talk Series in April 2022. There are 2 talks that will disseminate valuable information on self-care and supporting one another during the pandemic .Presenters of talks are: Prof. Faye Mishna from University of Toronto and Prof. Sarah Banks from Durham University.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: 8 April 2022 (Friday)<a class=\"dt-pswp-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.png\" data-dt-img-description=\"\" data-large_image_width=\"591\" data-large_image_height=\"744\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9491 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-238x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.png 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Time: 09:00-10:15 (HKT)<\/li>\n<li>Format: Online via Zoom<\/li>\n<li>Speaker: Faye Mishna (University of Toronto)<\/li>\n<li>Moderator: Ms Luciana Li (HKSWA)<\/li>\n<li>Respondents: Ms Hsu Siu-man (HKFYG)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr Chan Chitat (APSS)<\/p>\n<p>Registration link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyu.edu.hk\/pfs\/index.php\/615415?lang=en\">https:\/\/www.polyu.edu.hk\/pfs\/index.php\/615415?lang=en<\/a><br \/>\n<u><br \/>\nAbstract<\/u><\/p>\n<p>While information and communication technologies (ICTs) permeated social work practice long before the onset of COVID-19, the abrupt need to close non-essential workplaces resulted in unparalleled incorporation of digital technology and a radical change in social work practice across the globe. Facing the pandemic, Prof. Mishna investigates social workers\u2019 informal use of ICT with clients. Analysis revealed that the COVID-19 context led to a paradigm shift in practitioners\u2019 ICT use, with two key themes: (1) boundary challenges; and (2) clients\u2019 diverging ICT needs.<\/p>\n<p><u>Biography<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Faye Mishna (PhD, MSW) joined the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto in 1999. She has over 20 years of experience in children\u2019s mental health including Clinical Director. She was Dean of the Faculty from 2009 to 2019. She is cross appointed to the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. Her program of research focuses on bullying and cyberbullying, sexting and online sexual harassment among youth; and the informal use of digital technology in clinical practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riding Out The Pandemic: Riding Out the Pandemic: Professional Virtues in the Digital World: Slow Ethics for Social Work during COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: 4 April 2022 (Monday) <a class=\"dt-pswp-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-1.png\" data-dt-img-description=\"\" data-large_image_width=\"4167\" data-large_image_height=\"5251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9492 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-1-238x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-1-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-1-813x1024.png 813w, https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-1-768x968.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-1-1219x1536.png 1219w, https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-1-1625x2048.png 1625w, https:\/\/www.iassw-aiets.org\/shadow_old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-1-600x756.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Time: 17:00-18:15 (HKT)<\/li>\n<li>Format: Online via Zoom<\/li>\n<li>Speaker: Prof. Sarah Banks (Durham University)<\/li>\n<li>Moderator: Prof. Lam Ching Man (HKSWA)<\/li>\n<li>Respondent: Prof. Eric Chui (APSS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Registration link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyu.edu.hk\/pfs\/index.php\/255935?lang=en\">https:\/\/www.polyu.edu.hk\/pfs\/index.php\/255935?lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>Abstract<\/u><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 has accelerated trends towards digital communication in human services. This talk discusses the ethical challenges for social workers, for whom human relationships lie at the heart of their work.\u00a0 It draws on data from an international survey in May 2020 and an ongoing survey of UK social workers during 2020-21 to examine lessons from digital working during COVID-19 from a virtue ethical perspective. Sarah advocates for \u2018slow ethics\u2019 in times of fast-moving crisis, and the virtues of courage, compassion and professional wisdom exemplified through the \u2018ethics work\u2019\u00a0 of practitioners struggling to practise ethically in new and difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Biography<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Banks is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Co-Director, Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, Durham University, UK.\u00a0 She teaches and researches in professional ethics, community development and community-based participatory research. She is joint coordinator of the Social Work Ethics Research Group of the European Social Work Research Association and is on the Board of Ethics and Social Welfare Journal (of which she was a founding co-editor). Her popular textbook, <em>Ethics and Values in Social Work<\/em> (Red Globe Press), published the 5th edition in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riding Out the Pandemic: Mindful Parenting in Challenging Times<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: 28 March 2022 (Monday)<\/li>\n<li>Time: 16:00-17:15 (HKT)<\/li>\n<li>Format: Online via Zoom<\/li>\n<li>Speaker: Prof. Susan B\u00f6gels (University of Amsterdam)<\/li>\n<li>Moderator: Prof. Lam Ching Man (HKSWA)<\/li>\n<li>Respondent: Dr Herman Lo (APSS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Registration link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyu.edu.hk\/pfs\/index.php\/412172?lang=en\">https:\/\/www.polyu.edu.hk\/pfs\/index.php\/412172?lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Challenges to parenting can produce considerable stress, which may deteriorate the quality of the parent-child relationship. Environmental stressors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, surely have increased parental stress. Mindful Parenting is a structured mindfulness training program. It focuses on mindfulness-based skills for parents, including parenting with beginner\u2019s mind, awareness of strong emotions in parents and child, mindfully responding to parenting stress, fostering compassion, and taking care of oneself.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk Prof. Bogels will compare the options of self-help and online format\u00a0with an ordinary face to face mindfulness program that may be suitable for\u00a0these challenging times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Susan B\u00f6gels is a Professor in Family Mental Health at the University of Amsterdam. She is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and mindfulness trainer, specializing in Cognitive Behavior Therapy and mindfulness for children and parents. Her main research areas are the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology through family processes. She is a world-leading researcher in anxiety disorders and mindfulness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riding Out the Pandemic: Social Work Practice during COVID-19: Navigating Client Needs and Boundary Changes Department of Applied Social Sciences will hold a Professional Talk Series in April 2022. 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