SASW Professional Officer, Karin Heber, shares why we set up our student and newly qualified support forums, and there significance during covid-19 and beyond
I think, in the years following the pandemic, there will be an increase in mental health problems and an increase in PTSD given the experiences and heartbreak so many people have faced and are facing
As a community-based Social Worker for Adult Social Care, I normally visit residential care homes on a regular basis. That changed in February this year when the fears around COVID-19 grew and the care homes voluntarily began to close their doors to “non-essential visitors”.
It’s been 15 years since we first met. I remember how worried your midwife was when she referred you. You were pregnant, street homeless and dependent on drugs.
Lindsey Young, Mental Health Officer and SASW Committee Member, reflects on her past social work practice and what she has learned when supporting people living in poverty.
Mark Hardy, children and families social worker and PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, shares his views on how social workers can practice in a poverty aware way during the covid-19 pandemic.