ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated socio-economic crisis are posing unprecedented challenges both globally and locally, raising many unknowns and imposing difficult trade-offs. One of the side effects of this pandemic, with the ensuing physical distancing rules and quarantine, has been the condition of isolation that is affecting vulnerable populations disproportionately across the world. Against this background, one of the major tasks for social work is to keep up connections, find new ways to sustain relations and networks, and mitigate against inescapable feelings of loneliness and their consequences. Social workers themselves are affected personally and professionally by this crisis, facing new living and working conditions. They experience feelings of uncertainty, fear, and the risk of isolation. The aim of this paper is to present examples of practices intended to promote a sense of community, as such a shared emotion can support present and future social workers. These examples serve to underline how, now more than ever, a central challenge for social work is to strengthen the professional community, find ways to overcome isolation and ‘to take care of those who care’.

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“无论如何都是一个社区”：在 COVID-19 时代培养意大利的社会工作专业联系

摘要 COVID-19 大流行和相关的社会经济危机在全球和本地都带来了前所未有的挑战，增加了许多未知数，并带来了艰难的权衡取舍。这种大流行的副作用之一，以及随之而来的物理距离规则和隔离，一直是隔离条件，它对世界各地的弱势群体产生了不成比例的影响。在这种背景下，社会工作的主要任务之一是保持联系，寻找维持关系和网络的新方法，并减轻不可避免的孤独感及其后果。社会工作者本身也受到这场危机的个人和职业影响，面临新的生活和工作条件。他们体验到不确定感、恐惧感和被孤立的风险。本文的目的是展示旨在促进社区意识的实践示例，因为这种共同的情感可以支持现在和未来的社会工作者。这些例子有助于强调，现在社会工作的核心挑战是如何加强专业社区，找到克服孤立的方法并“照顾那些关心的人”。