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ArticleGlobal social welfare : research, policy & practice2022

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

Faye Mishna, Betsy Milne, Jane Sanders, Andrea Greenblatt

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Article in Global social welfare : research, policy & practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Faye MishnaFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V4 Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2538-826X
Betsy MilneFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V4 Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0127-0718
Jane SandersPresent Address: School of Social Work, King's University College at Western University, London, ON Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9039-5805
Andrea GreenblattFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V4 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6964-8193

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Abstract

While information and communication technologies (ICTs) permeated social work practice long before the onset of COVID-19, the abrupt need to close non-essential workplaces resulted in an unparalleled incorporation of digital technology into practice across the globe. The onset of COVID-19 occurred during phase two of research in which we were investigating social workers' informal use of ICT with clients. Prior to COVID-19, we were conducting interviews with practitioners and clients from four agencies serving diverse client populations in a large city in Canada. With the onset of COVID-19, we adapted to the COVID-19 context and amended the questions to investigate ICT use during the pandemic. In addition, with ethics approval, we conducted second interviews with practitioners interviewed prior to COVID-19 with a revised guide to address the pandemic context; and we continued to recruit and interview practitioners and clients using an amended interview guide incorporating pandemic-related questions. The sample comprised 27 practitioners and 22 clients. Eleven practitioners participated in interviews prior to and during COVID-19. Analysis of transcribed interviews revealed that the COVID-19 context had led to a paradigm shift in practitioners' ICT use, with two key themes identified: (1) boundary challenges and (2) clients' diverging ICT needs. We discuss these themes and present implications for policy and practice in a post-COVID-19 world.

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Boundaries using technology in social workCOVID-19 and client accessibilityEquity in social work practiceInformation and communication technology during COVID-19Social work practice during COVID-19

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PMID34754722
PMCPMC8569291

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