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.…
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…
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…
Tasks and competences of frontline social workers in fighting the Covid-19 Pandemic: Stories from Chengdu, China Prepared by: Dr. Ke Cui School of Public Administration Sichuan University, China Email: ke.cui@scu.edu.cn Social workers from Datong Social Work Service Center (Datong) and Lichuan Social Work Service Center (Lichuan), two local social organizations in Chengdu City,…
COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO UNORGANISED WORKERS DURING COVID-19 Prepared by: Srishti Bhattacharya Trainee Social Worker (MA Previous) Department of Social Work, University of Delhi Click here for more details : COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO UNORGANISED WORKERS DURING COVID-19
Serving Those Affected by COVID 19 in North India Prepared by: Anand Pandey Founder Chairman of FARF (Fundamental Action & Research Foundation http://www.farf.in/) On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic, after the disease caused by the new coronavirus spread to more than 100 countries and led to…
Reducing Distress: supporting those affected by COVID-19 Aqsa Hafeez Ur Rehman University of Delhi The world grieves as everything comes to a standstill due to COVID 19. India is on lockdown from 25th of March and the capital Delhi from 13th of March. The worst struck in this lockdown is the workers in the…