ABSTRACT The novel COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by surprise and given the scale at which it is impacting individuals, families, communities, and countries globally, the recognition of social workers as frontline actors in response to this pandemic cannot be over-emphasized. However, social workers in Nigeria, appear not to be aware of the roles they can play. The question then arises as to the adequacy of their training curriculum that probably made them not be aware of their roles. Eight social workers who work in health and welfare agencies were purposively selected and interviewed by telephone. Findings show that they were not aware of the role expected of them during the pandemic. Some noted that their training was somewhat deficient hence the need to introduce some courses and also enhance field practicum in future training of social workers. The study recommends the need for social work educators to be more proactive in their interpretation of courses, the need to revise the current curriculum for training social workers in Nigeria to make it more action-oriented as well as incorporate more courses in public health and disaster management.

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尼日利亚的 COVID-19 响应和社会工作教育：出现的问题

摘要 新型 COVID-19 大流行让世界大吃一惊，鉴于它在全球范围内影响个人、家庭、社区和国家的规模，社会工作者作为应对这一流行病的第一线行动者的认可再怎么强调也不为过。 . 然而，尼日利亚的社会工作者似乎并没有意识到他们可以扮演的角色。随之而来的问题是他们的培训课程是否足够，这可能使他们没有意识到自己的角色。八名在卫生和福利机构工作的社会工作者被有目的地选择并通过电话采访。调查结果表明，他们没有意识到他们在大流行期间的预期作用。有些人指出他们的训练有些欠缺，因此有需要在日后培训社工时开设一些课程及加强实地实习。该研究建议社会工作教育者需要更积极地解释课程，需要修改当前尼日利亚社会工作者培训课程，使其更加以行动为导向，并纳入更多公共卫生和灾难课程管理。