COVID‐19 has challenged social workers to engage with health pandemics and provide essential services in conditions of uncertainty and high risk. They have safeguarded children, older adults and diverse adults in ‘at risk’ groups under tough conditions mediated by digital technologies, adhered to government injunctions, maintained social and physical distancing under lockdown and worked from home remotely. Social workers and social care workers have risen to the challenges, providing services with inadequate personal protective equipment and limited supervision and support. This article highlights the degraded physical environments, socio‐economic and political contexts that intensify precariousness and constraints that neoliberalism imposed on professional capacity before and during this health pandemic. It provides guidelines to protect practitioners and service users. It concludes that practitioners ought to understand zoonotic diseases, environmental concerns, acquire disaster expertise and training, widen their practice portfolio and value their contributions to this pandemic.

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新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 时期社会工作的绿色社会工作视角


COVID-19 对社会工作者提出了挑战，要求他们在不确定和高风险的情况下应对健康流行病并提供基本服务。他们在数字技术介导的艰难条件下保护“高危”群体中的儿童、老年人和不同成年人，遵守政府禁令，在封锁下保持社交和身体距离，并在家远程工作。社会工作者和社会护理工作者直面挑战，在个人防护设备不足、监督和支持有限的情况下提供服务。本文强调了自然环境、社会经济和政治环境的恶化，这些环境加剧了新自由主义在这场健康大流行之前和期间对专业能力施加的不稳定和限制。它提供了保护从业者和服务使用者的指南。报告的结论是，从业人员应该了解人畜共患疾病、环境问题、获得灾害专业知识和培训、扩大他们的实践组合并重视他们对这一流行病的贡献。