“You never stop being a social worker:” Experiences of pediatric hospital social workers during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

Ross, Abigail M.; Schneider, Samantha; Muneton-Castano, Yudy F.; Caldas, Adolfo; Boskey, Elizabeth R.

doi:10.1080/00981389.2021.1885565

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“…This finding corresponds with the literature on "moral distress," whereby repeated ethical dilemmas can produce distress and burnout (Dean et al, 2020;Patterson et al, 2021). There has been increased moral distress during COVID-19 due to dramatic policy changes (Patterson et al, 2021) as well as ethical dilemmas, boundary uncertainty, isolation, and burnout (Patterson et al, 2021;Ross et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 86%

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Social Work Practice During COVID-19: Client Needs and Boundary Challenges

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Section: Boundary Challengessupporting

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“…Practitioners have experienced increased blurring of boundaries and challenges managing private and work lives (Hopkins & Pedwell, 2021;Liberati et al, 2021;Ross et al, 2021). The pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities by sharpening the "digital divide" among clients (Farkas & Romaniuk, 2020, p. 1).…”

Section: Covid-19 Contextmentioning

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Social Work Practice During COVID-19: Client Needs and Boundary Challenges

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“…Increasing responsibilities and risks in both work and home life negatively affected social workers ( Dubey et al, 2020 ; Pedrosa et al, 2020 ; Urooj et al, 2020 ). In a qualitative study conducted by Ross A. M. et al (2021) with social workers working in hospitals, social workers had to cope with feelings of overwhelm and powerlessness due to the conditions and uncertainty they were in during the pandemic process. At the same time, safety concerns regarding the risk of exposure to COVID-19 were evident during this period.…”

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Fear of being infected with COVID-19 virus among the medical social workers and its relationship to their future orientation

Snoubar

Zengin²

2022

Front. Psychol.

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COVID-19 has been studied extensively for its direct effects on healthcare workers. Despite this, very little is known about the effect of COVID-19 fear on future orientation. Studying medical social workers’ fear of being infected with COVID-19 and their future orientation was the primary method used to examine this relationship. 204 Turkish medical social workers on the pandemic’s front lines were included in the total sample. Social workers were found to be extremely concerned about contracting COVID-19. Although only gender is a significant predictor of the fear of contracting COVID-19 infection, the study also found that female social workers have a higher fear of infection than males. Also, no correlation exists between social workers’ vaccination status and their fear of contracting COVID-19. There was a weak negative correlation between social workers’ fear of contracting COVID-19 and their future orientation, but in general, social workers had a positive future orientation. Medical social workers and front-line health care providers can use these findings to develop effective and culturally appropriate intervention programs to reduce COVID-19 concerns and foster a forward-looking outlook.

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“…On the one hand, the control of the epidemic was beyond their reach, and they needed to respond to both the demands of residents and the directives of leaders. On the other hand, physiological stress, lack of sleep and huge workload were ubiquitous in the work of social workers [33,34]. Almost all social workers said that t the sheer volume of messages from WeChat groups was a powerful source of stimulus.…”

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Refining Community Grid Management in Medium/High-Risk Regions when SARS-COV-2 Delta Variant Attack in Yangzhou: A Qualitative Study

Zhu

Liu

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Background: Community grid management has been proved to be effective in the outbreak, but previous studies have all been carried out in China's first-tier cities, while Yangzhou, as a second-tier city, seemed to have deficiencies in epidemic control. The aim of this research was to understand the experiences and feelings of residents and social workers in the grid, so as to develop more detailed community grid management strategies in the context of mandatory quarantine.Methods: Qualitative research was conducted with 21 residents and 10 social workers based on a semi-structured qualitative interview guide. Thematic analysis was employed to analysed data.Results: The outbreak has put pressure on both residents and social workers, and the implementation of community grid management has revealed many deficiencies, such as quarantine strategies, human resource management, material supply and information transmission. As the four overarching themes identified from the analysis: “inadequate quarantine strategies may create greater risks”, “human resource management in the grid is considered lagging”, “duplicate/missing information” and “another way to meet daily needs. Conclusions: This study used the perspective of residents and social workers within the grid to help explained why there was still confusion in the seemingly tight management. Analysed the quarantine strategy, human resources management, supply chain and information technology. Flexible and responsive community grid management was conducive to reducing the risk of transmission and economic losses.

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“You never stop being a social worker:” Experiences of pediatric hospital social workers during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 43 publications

References 18 publications

Social Work Practice During COVID-19: Client Needs and Boundary Challenges

Social Work Practice During COVID-19: Client Needs and Boundary Challenges

Fear of being infected with COVID-19 virus among the medical social workers and its relationship to their future orientation

Refining Community Grid Management in Medium/High-Risk Regions when SARS-COV-2 Delta Variant Attack in Yangzhou: A Qualitative Study

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