Support from University College for Applied Science (HOGENT) to frontline workers fighting COVID-19 in Belgium   Prepared by: Femke Dewulf University College for Applied Science (HOGENT), Belgium   Last week, some employees of the FTI lab (Fashion and Textiles Innovation Lab) of HOGENT started developing various prototypes of mouth masks for UZ hospital in Ghent...

  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...

Social Work in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic – 18 March 20 [embeddoc url=”https://www.iassw-aiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Social-Work-in-Times-of-the-Covid-19-Pandemic-18-March-20-2.pdf” download=”none”]   Social Work Advice COVID-19 [embeddoc url=”https://www.iassw-aiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Social-work-advice-Covid-19.pdf” download-“none” title=”Social work advice Covid 19″]

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, colleagues & friends The organizers of the SWESD2020 have carefully observed the situation regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy and in Europe. We were constantly evaluating press releases and other official information from relevant authorities like WHO, Italian Ministry of Health, etc., which we are in contact with. Currently our two...

IASSW: UN NY Newsletter — February 2020 Here is IASSW UN NY Newsletter for  February 2020. You will get various activities of the IASSW team at UN NY. Let me inform you that WSWD in UN NY will be celebrated on Monday, March 23, 2020. This newsletter is having all the necessary information related to...

Final Countdown! Deadline March 31st 2020 – The EASSW encourage to participate on IASSW – World Census of Social Work Education Programs – 2020 Directory 31st March 2020   International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) encourage all Social Workers/Social Work Educators to participate in the IASSW – World Census of Social Work Education...