Pub Date : 2020-11-08DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1846604
J. Wong, C. Leung
ABSTRACT After the COVID-19 outbreak, Social Workers across Borders (SWAB) was invited to organise crisis intervention training and supervisions for volunteer counselling teams. By reviewing the supervision records this paper found that the steps of ‘Sensitisation, Education, Scanning, Choice of Opting Out, and Recovery Facilitation’ (S-E-S-C-R) are useful to structure Trauma-Informed Supervision. Analysis indicated that volunteer counsellors have gone through three different stages, namely confusion, coordination and adaptation to changing crisis situations.
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ABSTRACT This reflective essay seeks to detail lessons learnt from conducting group work for migrant workers with COVID-19. In response to rapidly emerging psychosocial needs, Medical Social Workers (MSWs) from Tan Tock Seng Hospital conceptualised and facilitated activities targeted at improving the workers’ psychosocial well-being. The need for response to rapidly evolving psychosocial needs meant limited time for systematic needs assessment and evaluation of activities. Activities encouraging non-verbal forms of expression were useful in overcoming language barriers and adoption of the participatory paradigm for ongoing assessment and evaluation of the activities helps create a more culturally appropriate intervention for this vulnerable population.
{"title":"Lessons learnt from group work during COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Janet Hoon Ru Lim, Jude Lim, Qing Hui Lee, Shiao Wei Lim, Eugene Yong Quan Wong, Tian Wui Tan, I. Woo","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1840424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1840424","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This reflective essay seeks to detail lessons learnt from conducting group work for migrant workers with COVID-19. In response to rapidly emerging psychosocial needs, Medical Social Workers (MSWs) from Tan Tock Seng Hospital conceptualised and facilitated activities targeted at improving the workers’ psychosocial well-being. The need for response to rapidly evolving psychosocial needs meant limited time for systematic needs assessment and evaluation of activities. Activities encouraging non-verbal forms of expression were useful in overcoming language barriers and adoption of the participatory paradigm for ongoing assessment and evaluation of the activities helps create a more culturally appropriate intervention for this vulnerable population.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82184935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-23DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1837660
Soyoon Weon
ABSTRACT The present study examines multidimensional working poverty in South Korea by combining household income with material deprivation. It aims to capture the reality of working poverty, which is not adequately captured by the income measurement alone. By using data from the Korean Welfare Panel study in 2018, this study revealed three main findings: (a) the material deprivation rate was relatively low in Korea, although some households still suffered from deprivation influencing quality of life; (b) some working households experienced deprivation despite their high income; (c) working households whose heads were engaged in precarious employment were more likely to suffer from either material deprivation or income poverty. Future research should expand the deprivation measure and apply the longitudinal approach to determine more about people trapped in poverty in the long run. In terms of policy, a more generous social protection scheme is necessary for the working poor.
{"title":"Multidimensional poverty among working households in South Korea","authors":"Soyoon Weon","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1837660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1837660","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The present study examines multidimensional working poverty in South Korea by combining household income with material deprivation. It aims to capture the reality of working poverty, which is not adequately captured by the income measurement alone. By using data from the Korean Welfare Panel study in 2018, this study revealed three main findings: (a) the material deprivation rate was relatively low in Korea, although some households still suffered from deprivation influencing quality of life; (b) some working households experienced deprivation despite their high income; (c) working households whose heads were engaged in precarious employment were more likely to suffer from either material deprivation or income poverty. Future research should expand the deprivation measure and apply the longitudinal approach to determine more about people trapped in poverty in the long run. In terms of policy, a more generous social protection scheme is necessary for the working poor.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78271985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-20DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1831949
Y. Kawamura
ABSTRACT Isolation is one of the most critical factors related to older people’s health. However, to prevent COVID-19, community socialisation among the elderly has halted. Because of older people’s limited access to information technology, they cannot maintain external communication easily, and even several weeks of isolation from others could be detrimental to their health. How we sustain communication with and among the elderly is currently and will continue to be a considerable challenge in community work in Japan. In addition to contextualised information on Japanese community care for social welfare before and after the pandemic, the case of a social worker and her community is introduced. From her practices, wisdom in communication processes that can make communities more resilient to crisis can be gained and be of use in Japan and other Asian countries.
{"title":"Wisdom to make communication resilient to the crisis: Learning from a Japanese community and social worker","authors":"Y. Kawamura","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1831949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1831949","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Isolation is one of the most critical factors related to older people’s health. However, to prevent COVID-19, community socialisation among the elderly has halted. Because of older people’s limited access to information technology, they cannot maintain external communication easily, and even several weeks of isolation from others could be detrimental to their health. How we sustain communication with and among the elderly is currently and will continue to be a considerable challenge in community work in Japan. In addition to contextualised information on Japanese community care for social welfare before and after the pandemic, the case of a social worker and her community is introduced. From her practices, wisdom in communication processes that can make communities more resilient to crisis can be gained and be of use in Japan and other Asian countries.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77930638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-19DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1837216
L. Tung
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic is causing tremendous damage, as reflected through socio-economic indicators worldwide. Countries have taken unprecedented measures to combat this pandemic. In the current context, vulnerable people are in need of urgent assistance to overcome this difficult period. Vietnam is recognised as a successful country not only in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, but also in ensuring social security for vulnerable groups. This paper aims to introduce the effective activities of socio-political organisations in supporting social welfare for vulnerable people during the pandemic in Vietnam. The experiences of Vietnam will be useful to other countries, especially those with limited resources, in ensuring the welfare of vulnerable people in pandemics such as COVID-19.
{"title":"Social work responses for vulnerable people during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of socio-political organisations","authors":"L. Tung","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1837216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1837216","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic is causing tremendous damage, as reflected through socio-economic indicators worldwide. Countries have taken unprecedented measures to combat this pandemic. In the current context, vulnerable people are in need of urgent assistance to overcome this difficult period. Vietnam is recognised as a successful country not only in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, but also in ensuring social security for vulnerable groups. This paper aims to introduce the effective activities of socio-political organisations in supporting social welfare for vulnerable people during the pandemic in Vietnam. The experiences of Vietnam will be useful to other countries, especially those with limited resources, in ensuring the welfare of vulnerable people in pandemics such as COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91023562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-16DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1832564
Wichaya Komin, Rungnapa Thepparp, Borvorn Subsing, D. Engstrom
ABSTRACT Informal sector (IS) workers comprise a significant proportion of the Thai work force and contribute significantly to the Thai economy. Nevertheless, IS workers have little social protection and are economically marginalised, making them especially vulnerable to the effects of the government’s shutdown of the Thai economy to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a sample of 384 IS workers, researchers found that IS workers experienced dramatic decreases in their monthly income, although the reduction varied across occupation and geographic region. To compensate for reduced income, IS workers tapped their savings and increased their debt. A Thai government programme to provide income support for workers during the shutdown reached less than half of IS workers. Social workers can help provide better social protection to IS workers from pandemic-amplified social exclusion.
{"title":"Covid-19 and its impact on informal sector workers: a case study of Thailand","authors":"Wichaya Komin, Rungnapa Thepparp, Borvorn Subsing, D. Engstrom","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1832564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1832564","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Informal sector (IS) workers comprise a significant proportion of the Thai work force and contribute significantly to the Thai economy. Nevertheless, IS workers have little social protection and are economically marginalised, making them especially vulnerable to the effects of the government’s shutdown of the Thai economy to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a sample of 384 IS workers, researchers found that IS workers experienced dramatic decreases in their monthly income, although the reduction varied across occupation and geographic region. To compensate for reduced income, IS workers tapped their savings and increased their debt. A Thai government programme to provide income support for workers during the shutdown reached less than half of IS workers. Social workers can help provide better social protection to IS workers from pandemic-amplified social exclusion.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77754974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-10DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1830299
Thida Kim, Yao Fu, Sokunnara Thlen, Amaury Peeters, K. Wickramage, L. Jordan
ABSTRACT Cambodia, a lower-middle-income country in Southeast Asia, reported 275 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Despite lower reported cases, COVID-19 impacts Cambodian socio-economic systems in profound ways. With more than 1.1 million Cambodians having migrated abroad and low-income families in rural Cambodia relying heavily on remittances, the sudden loss of jobs caused by the pandemic raised an important question on how migrant households are prioritised among the rising society-wide needs. Given the profound lack of social workers in Cambodia, while highlighting their essential roles at the frontline in response to the ongoing and future pandemic response, professional and the community-based social work must be expanded and promoted through multisectoral collaboration between governmental bodies and NGOs to ensure the sustainable development of quality social work in Cambodia.
{"title":"Reaching out to migrant households during COVID-19 outbreak: the increasing need of social workers in Cambodia","authors":"Thida Kim, Yao Fu, Sokunnara Thlen, Amaury Peeters, K. Wickramage, L. Jordan","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1830299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1830299","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cambodia, a lower-middle-income country in Southeast Asia, reported 275 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Despite lower reported cases, COVID-19 impacts Cambodian socio-economic systems in profound ways. With more than 1.1 million Cambodians having migrated abroad and low-income families in rural Cambodia relying heavily on remittances, the sudden loss of jobs caused by the pandemic raised an important question on how migrant households are prioritised among the rising society-wide needs. Given the profound lack of social workers in Cambodia, while highlighting their essential roles at the frontline in response to the ongoing and future pandemic response, professional and the community-based social work must be expanded and promoted through multisectoral collaboration between governmental bodies and NGOs to ensure the sustainable development of quality social work in Cambodia.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86999046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1828156
Pao-Lung Chiu, Yi-Ming Yu
ABSTRACT A pandemic takes a toll on emotional health and tests psychological resilience. In particular, interpersonal interactions in military communities have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. The military must focus resilience training away from the individual and towards the community. This study investigated the practical assistance rendered to soldiers in aid of their mental health. Specifically, this study analysed the development and implementation of a teaching action plan aimed at improving the psychological resilience of soldiers. The plan was based on the community counselling model, and it serves as a reference for social workers, especially in their conduct of educational programmes.
{"title":"Resilience and Covid-19: action plans and strategies in a military community","authors":"Pao-Lung Chiu, Yi-Ming Yu","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1828156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1828156","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A pandemic takes a toll on emotional health and tests psychological resilience. In particular, interpersonal interactions in military communities have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. The military must focus resilience training away from the individual and towards the community. This study investigated the practical assistance rendered to soldiers in aid of their mental health. Specifically, this study analysed the development and implementation of a teaching action plan aimed at improving the psychological resilience of soldiers. The plan was based on the community counselling model, and it serves as a reference for social workers, especially in their conduct of educational programmes.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83178308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1828157
Yan-Yan Chen, J. Zhuang
ABSTRACT This study explored the roles of medical social workers in interprofessional teams based on the case of a Shanghai COVID-19 quarantine centre for medical observation. In the quarantine centre, a medical social worker transitioned from role exploration to role construction. To play professional roles in the team, it is necessary for social workers to create a supportive working environment, identify service gaps, promote interprofessional cooperation and construct new roles gradually. The empirical experience of this social worker can inform interprofessional team-building efforts for other countries and regions facing pandemic crises.
{"title":"Roles of medical social workers in interprofessional teams: a case study of a Shanghai COVID-19 quarantine centre for medical observation","authors":"Yan-Yan Chen, J. Zhuang","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1828157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1828157","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explored the roles of medical social workers in interprofessional teams based on the case of a Shanghai COVID-19 quarantine centre for medical observation. In the quarantine centre, a medical social worker transitioned from role exploration to role construction. To play professional roles in the team, it is necessary for social workers to create a supportive working environment, identify service gaps, promote interprofessional cooperation and construct new roles gradually. The empirical experience of this social worker can inform interprofessional team-building efforts for other countries and regions facing pandemic crises.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83221054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-18DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1819396
Kate Yeong-Tsyr Wang, Tsai Wen-Hui, Tze-Yin Chuang, Hsi-Jing Lee
ABSTRACT The first COVID-19 case in Taiwan was confirmed on 21 January 2020. Compared to the global case fatality rate, the people in Taiwan have been affected moderately by this disease, from a medical point of view. However, when looking back to their life experiences over the past six months, one must pay attention to the social dimensions of this pandemic. In this article, we examine four key social issues that can provide some insights into the social work imagination, after this worldwide health crisis is over.
{"title":"Rethinking four social issues of the COVID-19 pandemic from social work perspectives","authors":"Kate Yeong-Tsyr Wang, Tsai Wen-Hui, Tze-Yin Chuang, Hsi-Jing Lee","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1819396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1819396","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The first COVID-19 case in Taiwan was confirmed on 21 January 2020. Compared to the global case fatality rate, the people in Taiwan have been affected moderately by this disease, from a medical point of view. However, when looking back to their life experiences over the past six months, one must pay attention to the social dimensions of this pandemic. In this article, we examine four key social issues that can provide some insights into the social work imagination, after this worldwide health crisis is over.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76997063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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