Social Workers’ “Joint Action of Three-Three for Community-Based Pandemic Prevention and Control” in Hubei   Prepared by: Prof. Qin Qin, Sociology Department of Wuhan University of Technology   As COVID-19 hit Hubei, the CPC Central Committee decisively started the “extraordinary mode” of the Spring Festival, turning the traditional holiday into a critical window period...

  Interdisciplinary Remote Networking: Social Work Involvement in the COVID-19 Outbreak Aid in China   Prepared by Zhihong Yu, Qiqi Chen, Guanghuai Zheng, Yuhong Zhu[1],   The COVID-19 pandemic, as today’s catastrophic threat to humanity, has sparked outbreak around the world. We`ve seen community spread quickly in areas outside China, and the figures of infection...

  How we hold emotional connection during a time of social distance online in Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice with Groups   Prepared by: Dr. Heidi Heft LaPorte, Associate Professor, Barry University School of Social Work   In our sudden shift from face to face to an online course, Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice with...

  Sharing from a social worker from New Zealand during COVID-19   Prepared by: Mr. Luis Arevalo   My name is Luis Arevalo, I work for an NGO in the South Island of New Zealand in the North Canterbury region, it’s predominantly rural and my clients are predominantly the elderly which, as we all know,...

Sharing Our Stories:  Making Visible Social Work’s Contribution to the COVID-19 Outbreak   Dear members of IASSW and friends of social work, We hope you are all well, even if you are dealing with the unprecedented demands of COVID-19 on our families, friends, communities and service users. The corona virus has now penetrated virtually every...