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Social work practice following the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections from Brazil, India and Scotland

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: COVID-19 impacted globally, on individual health, care systems and social reproduction. Excessive death, lockdowns and social policy change had immediate and long-term national and global implications. Attention has been given to the immediate consequences, including its disproportionate impact on parts of society such as older people, “black” and “ethnic minorities”, and migrants. This raises questions for social work about wider enduring lessons including social inequality and globalisation. Reflecting across three countries, we encourage debate on future professional lessons, recognising constraints the pandemic has imposed and the dilemma of relying on historical precedents, of which we now find we have none.

Source: International Social Work

DOI: 10.1177/00208728241313034

Authors: Maria Lúcia Teixeira Garcia, Gary Spolander, Fabiola Leal, Francis Adaikalam, Neil Gibson

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Robert Gordon University, Keele University, University of the Western Cape, Loyola College

Language: English

Topic: Social Work Education and Practice

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,650