Social Work and Covid-19 : Lessons for Education and Practice.

Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- About this book -- Chapters in this book -- Reference -- Chapter 1 | Social work, technologies and Covid-19 -- Introduction -- Pre-pandemic digital social work -- Pandemic digital social work -- Post-pandemic digital social work -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 | Protecting children during the pandemic -- Managing risk and decision making -- Keeping the child in mind -- The challenges of remote working -- Shared reflection and support -- Moving forwards -- References -- Chapter 3 | Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young refugees: Alone in the UK in a Pandemic -- Introduction -- Background -- Civil liberties -- A fragile welfare state: The social contract -- Health -- Income -- Housing -- Education -- Reduced protection -- Hostile environment -- Context -- Methodology -- The experiences of unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 | 'We just don't matter': Articulating the experiences of Black African social work students during the Covid-19 pandemic in England -- Introduction -- Background to this research -- Methodology -- Participant profiles -- Discussion of findings -- Covid-19 and practice learning -- Suspended placements -- Covid-19 and remote university learning -- Reflections and recommendations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 | Embracing 'un'-certainty in practice education -- Introduction -- Unprecedented: What does this mean to us? -- Unpredictability -- Unconnected/unsafe -- Uncertainty -- Unjust/unfair -- 'Water-cooler' moment/conversation -- Unforeseen -- Unfairness -- Unchanging but understandable -- 'Water-cooler' moment/conversation -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 6 | From surviving to thriving: The experience of social works students and their families in lockdown -- Who we are -- Rachel -- Francis -- Andrew -- All in this together? -- Online connection -- Family life -- Well-being -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 | Living through Covid-19: A disabled person's perspective -- Introduction -- About me -- Daily life as a disabled person -- Living with uncertainty as a life-sentence -- First signs of disruption to life as we know it -- Doing the right thing for the vulnerable -- Race and vulnerability -- Vulnerable but not vulnerable enough -- Working during the pandemic -- Peer support, resilience and bouncing back -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 | Poetry helps: Poetry as a means of creative reflection and learning in social work -- Introduction: Covid-19 and the need for poetry -- Context: Poetry helps -- Literature review: The art or science of social work? -- Case example: The use of poetry in social work teaching and learning -- Potential uses of poetry for social work: Ideas to try -- References -- Chapter 9 | 'From beginning to end': Loss, change and meaning-making in the context of Covid-19 -- Introduction -- Loss and change -- Changing the 'history of silence' -- 'Racialised lives within a society' -- Returning to 'normal' -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 | Supervision in end-of-life care: The importance of supervision in a Covid-19 world -- What is clinical supervision? -- Practicalities of good supervision -- Benefits and challenges -- Benefits -- Challenges -- Coronavirus-related issues -- Supervision in palliative and end-of-life care -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 | Conclusion -- References -- Index.

This book captures the unique moment in time created by the Covid 19 pandemic and uses this as a lens to explore contemporary issues for social work education and practice.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.