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...

Social workers are an untapped resource to address the psychosocial effects of Covid-19 Shahana Rasool, IASSW Board member writes on Social workers are an untapped resource to address the psychosocial effects of Covid-19 Click for detail article: Read here

Surviving Covid-19: Social Work Issues in a Global Pandemic (Child Protection and Welfare, and Social Care) By Lena Dominelli, University of Stirling [embeddoc url=”https://www.iassw-aiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Child-Protection-and-Welfare-Under-Covid-Article-11-Apr-R.pdf” download=”all”]   You can download the document here: Child Protection and Welfare Under Covid Article 11 Apr R Citing this work: If you reproduce or cite this leaflet, please cite it...

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,...

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...

Connecting the disconnected amidst of the COVID-19 Prepared by : Paul Yip Paul Yip is the director of Hong Kong Jockey Club  Centre for Research and Prevention, and a chair professor at the Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong   As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly across the world, countries worldwide...

Crisis Intervention during COVID-19 by Trainee Social Worker at Department of Social Work, University of Delhi (India)   Prepared by : Ayush Poddar and Piyush Poddar Trainee Social Worker at Department of Social Work, University of Delhi (India) poddar306@gmail.com

Multi-dimensional Participation in Combating with COVID-19: Experiences From The Department of Social Work and Social Policy : At Renmin University of China (RUC)   Prepared by: Dr Yuhong Zhu, Dr Yang Wang, Prof. Huiping Zhang Corresponding to: Prof. Huiping Zhang, Email: zhp0205@ruc.edu.cn   Responding to the outbreak of COVID-19, Department of Social Work & Social...