Description
Book SynopsisThis contributed volume reflects on the collective wisdom and ongoing efforts of the social work profession that has been in the forefront of the global pandemic of COVID-19. The contributors are seasoned social work academics, practitioners, administrators, and researchers. Working on the frontlines with patients and families, these social workers have garnered experiences and insights, and also have developed innovative ways to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the psychosocial well-being of their clients and themselves.
The 36 reflections, experiences, and insights in this curated collection address the behavioral, mental health, socioeconomic, and other repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic that have impacted their client base, most of whom are vulnerable populations:
- Repurposed, Reassigned, Redeployed
- Safety Planning with Survivors of Domestic Violence: How COVID-19 Shifts the Focus
- COVID-19 and Moral Distress/Moral Anguish Therapeutic Support for Healthcare Workers in Acute Care: Our Voice
- Shared Trauma and Harm Reduction in the Time of COVID-19
- Wholeheartedness in the Treatment of Shared Trauma: Special Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- The Role of Ecosocial Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Natural World
- Black Lives, Mass Incarceration, and the Perpetuity of Trauma in the Era of COVID-19: The Road to Abolition Social Work
- Teaching Social Work Practice in the Shared Trauma of a Global Pandemic
- The COVID-19 Self-Care Survival Guide: A Framework for Clinicians to Categorize and Utilize Self-Care Strategies and Practices
Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic: Social Work in the Time of COVID-19 is an early and essential work on the impact of the pandemic on the social work field with useful practice wisdom for a broad audience. It can be assigned in masters-level social work practice and elective courses on trauma, as well as inform both neophyte and experienced practitioners. It also would appeal to the general public interested in the work of social workers during a pandemic.
Table of ContentsThe proposed edited work begins with a foreword by Dr. Charles Figley, the Paul Kurzweg Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health and Director of the Tulane University Traumatology Institute. Dr. Figley is perhaps best known as the originator of the term compassion fatigue.
Foreword by Professor Charles Figley
Ch 1: Introduction by the Co-Editors, to contextualize and frame the contributors’ discussions
Reflection papers (as individual chapters) The chapter are anticipated to be relatively short (7-10 typewritten, double-spaced pages) and inclusive of relevant literature.
Each contributor will follow a suggested guideline of questions: How does your topic reflect a unique aspect related to COVID-19 (i.e., why does your topic need to be addressed at this time)? How has this topic been addressed in the professional literature (i.e., a brief literature review)? If you are using a case illustration, how does it demonstrate unique work related to the coronavirus pandemic? What have you identified personally or through your work that is important to the social work profession or to yourself (i.e., what are some of the themes you have identified)? And finally, what lessons can/should we take forward from this experience?
Reflection chapters organized by:
Areas of practice and work with specific populations:
- Health care/hospital social work
- Community-based mental health care
- Older Adults
- Children and Adolescents
- Homeless adults
- Individuals with Substance Use Problems
Specialty topics:
- Diversity/Structural Racism
- Traumatic Grief and Loss
Areas of Practice:
- Social Work Education
- Policy/Program Development
- Research
Epilogue by Co-Editors, as a conclusion and to address next steps suggested by the contributors
