Dominelli, Lena and Harrikari, Timo and Mooney, Joseph and Leskošek, Vesna and Kennedy Tsunoda, Erin (2020) COVID-19 and social work: a collection of country reports. International Association of Schools of Social Work.
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Each report has to be formatted according to the following headings:
The Country
Country Context: Facts and Figures
- Population and population density:
- Number of infectious cases and time period:
- Number of deaths (if possible by age groups, gender and region):
- Number of deaths in specific settings, such as care homes for elderly and residential care for children (if known and applicable):
- Comments:
State and other societal measures addressing social consequences of coronavirus
- The extent of isolation (in short: what was closed down, what was forbidden, penalties for breaking the rules)
- State measures to address social problems and needs (Who is taking state support and how)
- Status of social welfare services, authorities and professionals in media
- Comments:
Social services response
- The mode of operation of social services (whatever this means in a country specific settings) in times of coronavirus measures (were they closed down, how they approached users, was there any face to face contact…)
- Guidelines for social services from responsible authorities in relation to working with clients in need for immediate intervention (child protection, violence, mental health problems….)
- Use of digital tools in working with clients and teamwork among staff
- Main concerns expressed by social services
- Comments:
Social work response (my coincide with previous section)
- Most affected groups defined by social workers
- Innovative and/or alternative approaches to communities, clients and their needs
- Main obstacles to approach and support communities and clients
- Critical evaluation of state measures
- The role of national associations of social workers in supporting practitioners during corona crisis
- Comments:
Concluding comments.
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