Covid-19 pandemic from social work perspectives: practice approaches, case studies and novel techniques.

The workshop will present four academic summaries on the Covid-19 pandemic from a social work perspective and provide an opportunity to share practical approaches in social work related to improving equity and support for individuals, groups, and communities during the pandemic, with a special focus on social work education. The goal of the workshop is to learn from social work interventions, as well as their lack in different countries. Workshop leaders will give a 10-minute literature review from different social justice fields and social work perspectives, and then invite participants to share their own practical experiences, case studies, and new approaches adopted during the pandemic. Participants will also be invited to share experiences of injustice and the lack of social work interventions. The background knowledge of the workshop is a global literature review of various social work interventions during Covid-19, with a particular focus on mental health and disability issues, violence against women, social work education, and the needs of social work students in times of lockdown. The Covid-19 pandemic raised several ethical concerns that are being discussed in the context of Global Ethical Standards of Social Work of the IASSW and IFSW. It also raised questions about how prepared social work is for disaster management and whether people in vulnerable contexts can access the support they need. These issues will be addressed during the workshop.