write an interview with social worker about the pandamic situation
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Social work is responding extremely well to the Covid 19 crisis despite many countries reporting a lack of protective equipment, support and resources. IFSW sends a message – congratulations to all social workers in your essential life-saving role.
We have passed some challenges, and more are ahead. The social work role in advocating that social services remain open and adapt to the conditions has largely been successful. For example, social services developing targeted plans to support homeless people and other vulnerable groups has in many countries been advanced. The setting up of telephone hotlines that provide family counselling and direct safety when domestic violence is occurring is also advancing in many countries.
There are many ethical challenges that workers are facing. Under conditions of lockdown, dilemmas are commonplace. In many countries, when a family member dies the family does not know where the body is being kept as funeral ceremonies are suspended or delayed. People can’t leave their homes. In the family’s grief, does the social worker say ‘the body is temporarily resting in a church in another town, because there are no other facilities?