While social welfare policy forms a cornerstone of the social work profession, economic policy and its interactions often remain distant and of academic interest only. In this paper the authors argue that understanding how economic policy is impacting upon the profession is important for its day-to-day practice. This has become ever more apparent in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affirmed social work as an essential service. In particular, the authors argue that the global impact of neoliberal economics on the day-to-day practices of social workers is fourfold in terms of the marketisation, consumerisation, managerialisation and deprofessionalisation of social work.

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新自由主义对社会工作的四重影响以及在 COVID-19 大流行期间及之后为何如此重要

虽然社会福利政策是社会工作专业的基石，但经济政策及其相互作用往往与学术界遥不可及。在本文中，作者认为了解经济政策如何影响该行业对其日常实践很重要。在 Covid-19 大流行之后，这一点变得更加明显，它确认了社会工作是一项必不可少的服务。特别是，作者认为，新自由主义经济学对社会工作者日常实践的全球影响在社会工作的市场化、消费化、管理化和非专业化方面有四方面的影响。